Comments on: My first 200 http://www.thekirks.co.uk/blog/archives/292 More expensive than postcards, less convenient than phoning. Sat, 17 Dec 2011 09:22:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Erich Schlaikjer http://www.thekirks.co.uk/blog/archives/292/comment-page-1#comment-12732 Erich Schlaikjer Mon, 07 Sep 2009 14:04:39 +0000 http://www.thekirks.co.uk/blog/archives/292#comment-12732 Seems like having to stop in high winds is a tech problem that will be overcome, but the limits of efficiency are not. Seems like having to stop in high winds is a tech problem that will be overcome, but the limits of efficiency are not.

]]> By: Ewan http://www.thekirks.co.uk/blog/archives/292/comment-page-1#comment-12731 Ewan Sun, 06 Sep 2009 13:49:23 +0000 http://www.thekirks.co.uk/blog/archives/292#comment-12731 <blockquote cite="#commentbody-12730"> <strong><a href="#comment-12730" rel="nofollow">Erich Schlaikjer</a> :</strong><p>I, er, love wind. Too bad its potential is limited...I assume that MacKay elsewhere gives the kWh/d used by one person. Presumably it is even more than the 40 given in the car example.</p></blockquote> Yes, considerably more. I'll lend you the book but even if you cover the UK with wind turbines, it isn't going to help much. And, when they have to stop in high winds, it all gets a bit pointless really. It seems that it's a choice between returning to the Stone Age or paying the price of a few Chernobyls every century for having civilisation.

Erich Schlaikjer :

I, er, love wind. Too bad its potential is limited…I assume that MacKay elsewhere gives the kWh/d used by one person. Presumably it is even more than the 40 given in the car example.

Yes, considerably more. I’ll lend you the book but even if you cover the UK with wind turbines, it isn’t going to help much. And, when they have to stop in high winds, it all gets a bit pointless really. It seems that it’s a choice between returning to the Stone Age or paying the price of a few Chernobyls every century for having civilisation.

]]> By: Erich Schlaikjer http://www.thekirks.co.uk/blog/archives/292/comment-page-1#comment-12730 Erich Schlaikjer Sun, 06 Sep 2009 13:05:01 +0000 http://www.thekirks.co.uk/blog/archives/292#comment-12730 I, er, love wind. Too bad its potential is limited. http://www.inference.phy.cam.ac.uk/withouthotair/c4/page_32.shtml I assume that MacKay elsewhere gives the kWh/d used by one person. Presumably it is even more than the 40 given in the car example. I, er, love wind. Too bad its potential is limited.

http://www.inference.phy.cam.ac.uk/withouthotair/c4/page_32.shtml

I assume that MacKay elsewhere gives the kWh/d used by one person. Presumably it is even more than the 40 given in the car example.

]]> By: Erich Schlaikjer http://www.thekirks.co.uk/blog/archives/292/comment-page-1#comment-12729 Erich Schlaikjer Sun, 06 Sep 2009 12:22:04 +0000 http://www.thekirks.co.uk/blog/archives/292#comment-12729 Mmmm, road rabbit stew! Mmmm, road rabbit stew!

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