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Comment Re: At this point (Score 1) 21

"Its always Israel isn't it. No mention made of the journalists who've been "accidentally" fallen out of windows, in front of cars or just shot in Russia. Ditto China, Burma - sorry , Myanmar - and a dozen african countries."

It's not always Israel, it's only Israel more than any other country because they assassinate more journalists than any other country no matter how you measure.

Comment Re:Why not vertical instead ? (Score 1) 174

You could pack them more closely than the big-bladed suckers too.

No, you can't, because they would interfere with one another. Strictly speaking of course you can, but it would be a bad idea. You can put the big-bladed ones closer together than they do, but then they would interfere with one another too.

Comment Re:Why not vertical instead ? (Score 1) 174

I don't understand why vertical-axis wind turbines are not more common

Because they are on the ground.

they take less horizontal space

That's outright false.

you can potentially stack shorter pieces as high as you want

Can you stack them high enough that they get into where the wind actually is? And if so, why not just put one windmill where the wind is?

(and use guy lines for stability)

So make them use more horizontal space?

I'm no expert so I guess they have good reason for this race to gigantism, but it seems a bit like the dinosaurs...

Obsolete and dead?

VAWTs make sense only on the tops of lonely hills.

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