Comments on: Philippe Starck Democratic Ecology personal wind turbine

By: gie

gie — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 15:47:26 +0000

Now it’s December, it’s windy where I live. I am very excited by the prospect of being able to harness this energy. Where is the democratic ecology?

By: Dutch

Dutch — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 19:45:03 +0000

So….it is late in November…. September is well past…. where can one buy the turbine?
Quick !!…before all my money disappears in the stock market!

By: carsten jorgensen

carsten jorgensen — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 11:57:24 +0000

How can i bye many of theese wonderfull mills/turbines?
Green Bali greetings Carsten!

By: Clive

Clive — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 10:04:39 +0000

Wind power is only a part of the solution – but a vital part, wind chill
pushes the demand on the power grid up by around 20% or more in cold
weather, wind turbines are ideally placed to off set this power demand, this
is why they are so useful, and will be especially useful should the bulk of
our power come from inflexible atomic power station in the future. Also,
despite their higher up front cost, (requiring grant support) wind turbines
produce over their life time, the cheapest power on account of not needing
any fuel. A typical wind turbine consumes about 1,000 tons of resources in
the course of its construction, but saves about 2,000 tons of emissions in
the first year of operation alone. Turbines are a low maintenance form of
power generation that can run unattended. 8,000,000 birds are killed every
year by flying in to things like power station cooling towers (I know!).Most
people love turbines, and I speak for the 90odd percent majority in my
appreciation of these elegant quiet, and beautiful machines.

By: Amadeus

Amadeus — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 08:42:13 +0000

Wow, if this does what it says it can do, it’d be pretty fucking amazing, especially at that price. Might be the true start of the eco-revolution.