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Ok... Talked to an engeneer about my 3 projects (Wind, Wave and solar)

Here are the results:

Wind: well, I had a great idea for a new kind of wind turbine.

http://www.urgentevoke.com/profiles/blogs/a-new-type-of-wind-turbine

After talking to the engeneer it turnes out, that though it seems counter intuative that it would be more efficiant use the energy of the wind at a 90 degree angle, it actualy is. and so my idea, would end up being less efficiant than conventional wind turbines.

An amazing fact I learned is that if a sailboat travels with its back to the wind it goes slower than if the wind is at its side. with the wind at your side you can go faster than the wind itself is going. counter intuative, I know, but apparently true.

Wave: Also had an idea for wave enrgy.

http://www.urgentevoke.com/profiles/blogs/wave-energy-2

This has lots of potential but there is a problem keeping the energy consistant. the wave goes up and down at different speeds and that doesn't work for the generator. we can make it go at one speed if we make it lift a weight that then falls at a unified speed, but then it would miss the next wave and miss the point entirely.

seems there is still some thought to put into this one to make it work, but it's not as simple as my design.

Solar: Lastly, I had a solar power design.

http://www.urgentevoke.com/profiles/blogs/sustainable-renewable-sol...

And now for the good news. He says he would need to see the basic design and it may all crash and burn at the prototype faze, but in priciple it is a good idea and should work.

well smack me in the face and call be George, something that went well.

now we just have to build a prototype.

There you have it. if you've been following my posts you may bw happy to see this next step. the all too scary step of actually talking to an engeneer. hope it made sense.

sorry for spelling. have no checker on this computer.

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Comment by Simon Brookes on March 26, 2010 at 11:57am: Great work Agent Licht. I'm awarding you +50 for your courage in speaking to the engineer. So, the next step might be a prototype. How might you go about achieving this? How much would it cost? Could you build a "Heath Robinson" version by scavenging materials? Imagine you have zero cash to build this. How would you do it?

Keep up the great work.

Simon

Comment by ben on March 26, 2010 at 12:14pm: Fantastic Omri...well done. One out of three is actually a very good result.

And so to the next step. I don't know your circ***tances or access but if you have any educational contact you could enlist the help of a class of students at a local school or college to assist as part of their science cla****. This would solve the issue of workers and resources and have the added benefit of opening up EVOKE to other as you mentor them through the process. Just a thought.

+1 for Courage