Getting Power From The Jet Stream

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Getting Power From The Jet Stream 12

Posted by timothy on Saturday March 31, 2001 @05:55PM from the danger-to-birds dept.

An anonymous reader pipes up: "Here's some cool news about actually using the jet stream to generate power." Nutshell: aircraft-mounted windmills that lounge in the jet stream. I'm imagining a huge area populated by these aircraft, each held up with a 4.5km electrified tether, and staying on North America for a while.

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