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Flying Wind Turbine Steals the Show at Energy Department Convention

Oilprice.com -- This week the Energy Department’s program for long-shot technologies, ARPA-E, is hosting a convention in Washington where teams of inventors can display their ideas to potential investors and government officials. The technologies are not currently market ready, merely prototype ideas hoping to intrigue the right person and receive funding for more research.

One of the most interesting prototypes shown was a flying wind turbine being developed by Makani Power of Alameda, California.

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Submitted Mar 01, 2012 By: NOTSOGRN

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honda0105 Champion Author Tallahassee Posts:18,811 Points:1,635,270 Joined:Nov 2008	Message Posted: Mar 4, 2012 7:59:33 AM Ignore honda0105 Report Abuse the closed mindedness of some folks here reminds me of the Middle Ages when people said the earth was flat.
doggod Champion Author Anchorage Posts:2,978 Points:767,110 Joined:May 2009	Message Posted: Mar 2, 2012 2:47:30 PM Ignore doggod Report Abuse They must have left something important out of the news piece. The way it's written, it looks a lot like a perpetual motion machine. Whatever happened to those venturi towers that would make electricity without the big, nasty, ugly, noisy, bird-killing blades high up in the air? That, and because it was omnidirectional, it didn't subject the blades to the high torque forces the current technology does ... making the blades slew around in the changing wind. That was gonna be the answer to all the world's problems at one time as I recall. Pardon me if I fail to get excited about each and every one of these gee-whiz technologies.
dave12 Champion Author Twin Cities Posts:3,232 Points:1,861,965 Joined:Nov 2005	Message Posted: Mar 2, 2012 2:37:03 AM Ignore dave12 Report Abuse Once stupid is gone build a good old coal power plant!
dave12 Champion Author Twin Cities Posts:3,232 Points:1,861,965 Joined:Nov 2005	Message Posted: Mar 2, 2012 2:34:57 AM Ignore dave12 Report Abuse Has Orectum funded it with a half a billion dollars of OUR money?
dave12 Champion Author Twin Cities Posts:3,232 Points:1,861,965 Joined:Nov 2005	Message Posted: Mar 2, 2012 2:33:25 AM Ignore dave12 Report Abuse How often does it crash?
dave12 Champion Author Twin Cities Posts:3,232 Points:1,861,965 Joined:Nov 2005	Message Posted: Mar 2, 2012 2:32:38 AM Ignore dave12 Report Abuse It sounds like a piece of crap!
ItsMorph Champion Author Grand Rapids Posts:33,652 Points:3,211,305 Joined:Mar 2004	Message Posted: Mar 2, 2012 1:29:56 AM Ignore ItsMorph Report Abuse Space-based solar is the way to go.
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RAKARWOWSKI Champion Author Chicago Posts:4,130 Points:846,775 Joined:Jan 2011	Message Posted: Mar 2, 2012 12:51:58 AM Ignore RAKARWOWSKI Report Abuse Great idea!
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chuckwthompson Champion Author Charlotte Posts:3,885 Points:602,935 Joined:Sep 2011	Message Posted: Mar 2, 2012 12:37:35 AM Ignore chuckwthompson Report Abuse All the Department of Energy wants to do is find a way to tax all energy!
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ssect8 Champion Author Hartford Posts:8,121 Points:2,117,055 Joined:Jun 2006	Message Posted: Mar 2, 2012 12:35:25 AM Ignore ssect8 Report Abuse Wind and solar are NOT the way of the future for energy and never will be.
jetskijerry Champion Author North Carolina Posts:4,026 Points:798,020 Joined:Mar 2011	Message Posted: Mar 2, 2012 12:30:26 AM Ignore jetskijerry Report Abuse go for it
suzcoates Rookie Author South Bend Posts:46 Points:2,650 Joined:Feb 2012	Message Posted: Mar 2, 2012 12:30:22 AM Ignore suzcoates Report Abuse they've been talking about this forever and nothing ever happens..ever
LoneGuy Champion Author Lansing Posts:8,605 Points:2,342,770 Joined:Aug 2005	Message Posted: Mar 2, 2012 12:29:22 AM Ignore LoneGuy Report Abuse The Energy Department seems to be all about making energy more expensive.
LCSTEELERBOB Champion Author Gary Posts:2,961 Points:720,580 Joined:Oct 2008	Message Posted: Mar 2, 2012 12:14:38 AM Ignore LCSTEELERBOB Report Abuse good
confetti Veteran Author Tampa Posts:354 Points:372,190 Joined:Jan 2006	Message Posted: Mar 2, 2012 12:14:09 AM Ignore confetti Report Abuse Great, more tax dollars being spent on iffy projects. How about politicians stealing less from the people, and letting US invest in whatever we want?
tedjm1 Champion Author New York Posts:5,609 Points:800,300 Joined:Dec 2006	Message Posted: Mar 2, 2012 12:13:20 AM Ignore tedjm1 Report Abuse Interesting.
BCM1 Champion Author Pennsylvania Posts:1,879 Points:786,420 Joined:Jun 2007	Message Posted: Mar 2, 2012 12:12:53 AM Ignore BCM1 Report Abuse nice idea - hope it can prove out.
jkpsr Champion Author New Jersey Posts:4,202 Points:1,126,940 Joined:Jun 2005	Message Posted: Mar 2, 2012 12:12:20 AM Ignore jkpsr Report Abuse Technology coming to our rescue.
tippybuddy Champion Author Ontario Posts:1,523 Points:207,740 Joined:Feb 2011	Message Posted: Mar 2, 2012 12:09:41 AM Ignore tippybuddy Report Abuse maybe someone will come up with something that will help in this gas war...another oil bill today over 700.00 for half a tank of oil...someone needs to find an answer soon..
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herndonks Champion Author Baltimore Posts:1,116 Points:211,685 Joined:Dec 2011	Message Posted: Mar 2, 2012 12:09:21 AM Ignore herndonks Report Abuse Ok
singlemom27 Champion Author Ventura Posts:3,243 Points:665,935 Joined:Apr 2011	Message Posted: Mar 2, 2012 12:08:33 AM Ignore singlemom27 Report Abuse Brilliant! Way to think outside the box. I'd rather see a bunch of these off the California coast than a bunch of oil rigs adding more pollution to our beaches!
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milespergallon Champion Author Illinois Posts:9,880 Points:1,935,085 Joined:Feb 2007	Message Posted: Mar 2, 2012 12:01:34 AM Ignore milespergallon Report Abuse Is this for real? Can't imagine FAA allowing this.
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DimitrisIL Champion Author Chicago Posts:1,536 Points:540,175 Joined:Feb 2011	Message Posted: Mar 1, 2012 11:53:19 PM Ignore DimitrisIL Report Abuse why not?
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DABEE1073 Champion Author San Diego Posts:8,345 Points:1,598,835 Joined:Jun 2008	Message Posted: Mar 1, 2012 11:44:29 PM Ignore DABEE1073 Report Abuse NOT A GOOD IDEA.
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viperahul Champion Author Oakland Posts:1,356 Points:621,175 Joined:Feb 2006	Message Posted: Mar 1, 2012 11:30:11 PM Ignore viperahul Report Abuse Prototype to production?
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