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Little quiet in here?
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What’s new in the world of alternative energy???
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DIY_Geek
Black Hills Power Requests Electric Rate Increase in Wyoming, First in 15 Years. check it out here: http://www.foxbusiness.com/story/markets/industries/energy/black-hills-power-requests-electric-rate-increase-wyoming–years/ Very good article talking about constant rate increases for electricity… we need more alternative energy which can be harness from freely available wind!!!
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Hey I loive this blog. I’ love alternative energy too. Come and have a Espresso with one of my gaggia coffee machines and we talk about wind power!
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Wicked Flower Power Wind Turbines
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Here, I love these Flower Power designed Wind Turbines from a US company called Tamer. They are so wicked. They designed their latest turbine with a vend to increase wind airflow and didn’t realise that they gave the turbines a flower type look!!! Absolutely brilliant!!. Here is a brilliant article which talked about making wind turbines more part of the nature and blend them in their local surroundings.
http://www.mywindpowersystem.com/2009/08/giant-flowers-generate-energy/
We can make wind turbines more appealing by blending their color with the surroundings or diminishing their contrast; being environmentally friendly while actually looking as part of it, rather than looking harsh and mechanical.
The tubular steel towers could be painted green, like the prairie they are sitting on and the blades like the petals of a flower. The center of the blades would be colored according to the appropriate variation of flower. Daisies, for instance, come in such varieties as Crazy Shasta Daisy, Golden Marguerite Daisy, Clara Curtis Daisy, Black-Eyed Susan Daisy, and Little Miss Muffet Daisy.
Other color patterns would blend with wheat or corn fields. Imagine a field of giant sunflowers or tulips of various colors. Even during the dry season or winter, they would showcase their colors, giving a hint of “greener times” to come. Artists can challenge themselves and create works of art for those who pass by. Without realising, Tamer did exactly that! Here also a cool video:
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Solargeek7
I love them too…absolutely brilliant. They should make bigger sized turbines in the same way with the same design. Imagine a large group of those installed offshore.. they would look like a ‘flowerbed in the ocean’
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DIY_Geek
These are some bad ass wicked looking turbines…love them to death! More designs like this please:))
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Bad Gambler 8:51 am on January 14, 2010 Permalink
I see you became a follower of Michael Bartozek of Laidlaw Energy on twitter.com. Can I ask why and is there a potential of future business with Laidlaw? Thanks, just starting checking out your site.