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10. Video has ZERO information about the actual product lol - expensive vid tho nt

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Wed Jun 20, 2012, 12:00 PM

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WOW - From ANCIENT Tunisia (3000 BC - 900 AD) - The Future Of Wind Power? [View all] kpete Jun 2012 OP

I'd love that on my hill! We are a perfect wind site BlueToTheBone Jun 2012 #1

Very, very cool! Hell Hath No Fury Jun 2012 #2

I'm Skeptical. drm604 Jun 2012 #3

As we have discovered all too often kentauros Jun 2012 #11

But I can't even tell what they're proposing. drm604 Jun 2012 #12

It wasn't clear in the article, but I understood what it said TalkingDog Jun 2012 #16

I know. kentauros Jun 2012 #18

it works like THIS - but with air instead of water - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mcTNkoyvLFs piratefish08 Jun 2012 #14

At some point the "sail" must push back against the wind Motown_Johnny Jun 2012 #33

See the link to the patent in #32 muriel_volestrangler Jun 2012 #34

That PDF is completely irrelevant muriel_volestrangler Jun 2012 #4

Why aren't buoy generators in wider use? They make sense and have no environmental impact. HopeHoops Jun 2012 #5

Pretty expensive to build, install and maintain, I think muriel_volestrangler Jun 2012 #8

Yeah, but aluminum shafts with plastic bouys and copper cores aren't going to deteriorate. HopeHoops Jun 2012 #9

Aluminum and copper in proximity in salt water HooptieWagon Jun 2012 #25

This looks promising. Uncle Joe Jun 2012 #6

perfect!! hahahareally Jun 2012 #7

Video has ZERO information about the actual product lol - expensive vid tho nt msongs Jun 2012 #10

How many times have we seen excited threads about some supposed new innovation drm604 Jun 2012 #13

And we'll keep right on reacting like that. bluedigger Jun 2012 #17

I think it's a scam. Why is there no animation of the "Saphonian" in action in the video? DetlefK Jun 2012 #15

Sails were the energy source for boats and ships for a long time. JDPriestly Jun 2012 #19

Sailing boats moved from place to place. drm604 Jun 2012 #20

Ironically, turbines work like a modern sail; these are like square-riggers for half the time muriel_volestrangler Jun 2012 #23

I wouldn't think there would be a flexing mast madokie Jun 2012 #26

I can't see how it could push hydraulic fluid both ways muriel_volestrangler Jun 2012 #27

I know from playing with various objects in the wind madokie Jun 2012 #28

No, the analogy to a bridge rectifier is unfounded muriel_volestrangler Jun 2012 #29

I was referring to the direction of the oil flow madokie Jun 2012 #30

Well, if it does move side-to-side, then the link to 'thousands of years old' technology muriel_volestrangler Jun 2012 #31

I've looked at their patent muriel_volestrangler Jun 2012 #32

I couldn't make any sense of that patent at all madokie Jun 2012 #35

. Motown_Johnny Jun 2012 #36

It does seem like a large flapping sail would cause a lot of noise. drm604 Jun 2012 #21

I'll wait until I see it work 4th law of robotics Jun 2012 #22

I wanna make one! nt daaron Jun 2012 #24