As somebody who is making a wind turbine--which I expect to form the base of a hybrid system that supplies a house or homestead electricity 24/7/365, cost-competitively--I find myself torn. On the one hand, I find it hard to agree that 5% of 0.04% of the atmosphere (manmade CO2 as 5% of the 0.04% of the atmosphere represented by total CO2) has a profound effect on global temperatures. On the other hand, with electric storage improving constantly, and the future of reliable, cheap grid-based power coming into question, we should keep trying to build reliable wind-based systems that kill neither birds nor whales, but supply enough for a modest household, just in case. So, where I come down is here: While the emperor has no clothes, the rest of us should plan ahead, just in case winter will ever return.
Your system design is unique and is an exception to the subsidized wind farms that cost billions. Your wind turbine is for individual homes which is very different from the big 'farms' tied to and destabilizing the grid. I wish you every success. Once you have a marketable product, it will be interesting to compare with individual small off grid solar systems, although I think they will be more expensive, since it's unlikely that we could build our own photovoltaic cells.
Well I think the important thing is that you are creating something with your hands, using your mind to plan ahead, and taking care of your loved ones. God designed us to be creative. The problems come when governments decide that they’ll do all the thinking and we just comply. That’s not how we are designed to live. I think it’s fantastic you are building these self-sustaining contraptions all by yourself!
I guess the “smallest” EV Ford could make is a …. Bike! 😂
Maybe they'll call it the "Ford 050"
As somebody who is making a wind turbine--which I expect to form the base of a hybrid system that supplies a house or homestead electricity 24/7/365, cost-competitively--I find myself torn. On the one hand, I find it hard to agree that 5% of 0.04% of the atmosphere (manmade CO2 as 5% of the 0.04% of the atmosphere represented by total CO2) has a profound effect on global temperatures. On the other hand, with electric storage improving constantly, and the future of reliable, cheap grid-based power coming into question, we should keep trying to build reliable wind-based systems that kill neither birds nor whales, but supply enough for a modest household, just in case. So, where I come down is here: While the emperor has no clothes, the rest of us should plan ahead, just in case winter will ever return.
Your system design is unique and is an exception to the subsidized wind farms that cost billions. Your wind turbine is for individual homes which is very different from the big 'farms' tied to and destabilizing the grid. I wish you every success. Once you have a marketable product, it will be interesting to compare with individual small off grid solar systems, although I think they will be more expensive, since it's unlikely that we could build our own photovoltaic cells.
Well I think the important thing is that you are creating something with your hands, using your mind to plan ahead, and taking care of your loved ones. God designed us to be creative. The problems come when governments decide that they’ll do all the thinking and we just comply. That’s not how we are designed to live. I think it’s fantastic you are building these self-sustaining contraptions all by yourself!