• Utility-Scale Wind Energy at Extremely Low Cost

    From Fred Bloggs@21:1/5 to All on Thu Nov 9 09:12:58 2023
    This looks like a kluge, but they seem to have convinced big money known for investing in innovation [Gates].

    Less than 1/10 the cost of a turbine

    Under 1/4 the cost to build a windfarm

    1/3 the LCOE [levelized cost of electricity] compared to traditional wind energy

    Can be built vertically or horizontally, either onshore or offshore

    Easy to transport: a 2.5 MW Airloom fits inside a standard tractor trailer

    Quickly manufactured: uses readily sourced materials and parts

    Better for viewplanes: less mass, lower profile - preeliminates the whiners

    https://airloomenergy.com/

    They're slow to scale up, probably don't want to know what's in store.

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  • From john larkin@21:1/5 to bloggs.fredbloggs.fred@gmail.com on Thu Nov 9 14:48:42 2023
    On Thu, 9 Nov 2023 09:12:58 -0800 (PST), Fred Bloggs <bloggs.fredbloggs.fred@gmail.com> wrote:

    This looks like a kluge, but they seem to have convinced big money known for investing in innovation [Gates].

    Less than 1/10 the cost of a turbine

    Under 1/4 the cost to build a windfarm

    1/3 the LCOE [levelized cost of electricity] compared to traditional wind energy

    Can be built vertically or horizontally, either onshore or offshore

    Easy to transport: a 2.5 MW Airloom fits inside a standard tractor trailer

    Quickly manufactured: uses readily sourced materials and parts

    Better for viewplanes: less mass, lower profile - preeliminates the whiners

    https://airloomenergy.com/

    They're slow to scale up, probably don't want to know what's in store.

    Laughable. Put up a few sticks and some wire in your back yard and
    raise a lot of money.

    The offshore version will be extra funny. Maybe put the sticks on
    floating inner tubes.

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  • From Jeroen Belleman@21:1/5 to john larkin on Fri Nov 10 00:15:52 2023
    On 11/9/23 23:48, john larkin wrote:
    On Thu, 9 Nov 2023 09:12:58 -0800 (PST), Fred Bloggs <bloggs.fredbloggs.fred@gmail.com> wrote:

    This looks like a kluge, but they seem to have convinced big money known for investing in innovation [Gates].

    Less than 1/10 the cost of a turbine

    Under 1/4 the cost to build a windfarm

    1/3 the LCOE [levelized cost of electricity] compared to traditional wind energy

    Can be built vertically or horizontally, either onshore or offshore

    Easy to transport: a 2.5 MW Airloom fits inside a standard tractor trailer >>
    Quickly manufactured: uses readily sourced materials and parts

    Better for viewplanes: less mass, lower profile - preeliminates the whiners >>
    https://airloomenergy.com/

    They're slow to scale up, probably don't want to know what's in store.

    Laughable. Put up a few sticks and some wire in your back yard and
    raise a lot of money.

    The offshore version will be extra funny. Maybe put the sticks on
    floating inner tubes.


    A bunch of slats, driven by wind to ride around on a closed-circuit
    track. A ridiculous contraption indeed. It'd be funny if it wasn't
    so sad that the general public has no idea about what energy is, and
    no notion of the scales involved.

    Jeroen Belleman

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  • From Anthony William Sloman@21:1/5 to Fred Bloggs on Thu Nov 9 18:53:03 2023
    On Friday, November 10, 2023 at 4:13:03 AM UTC+11, Fred Bloggs wrote:
    This looks like a kluge, but they seem to have convinced big money known for investing in innovation [Gates].

    Less than 1/10 the cost of a turbine

    Under 1/4 the cost to build a windfarm

    1/3 the LCOE [levelized cost of electricity] compared to traditional wind energy

    Can be built vertically or horizontally, either onshore or offshore

    Easy to transport: a 2.5 MW Airloom fits inside a standard tractor trailer

    Quickly manufactured: uses readily sourced materials and parts

    Better for viewplanes: less mass, lower profile - preeliminates the whiners

    https://airloomenergy.com/

    They're slow to scale up, probably don't want to know what's in store.

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  • From Anthony William Sloman@21:1/5 to Fred Bloggs on Thu Nov 9 18:59:23 2023
    On Friday, November 10, 2023 at 4:13:03 AM UTC+11, Fred Bloggs wrote:
    This looks like a kluge, but they seem to have convinced big money known for investing in innovation [Gates].

    Less than 1/10 the cost of a turbine

    Under 1/4 the cost to build a windfarm

    1/3 the LCOE [levelized cost of electricity] compared to traditional wind energy

    Can be built vertically or horizontally, either onshore or offshore

    Easy to transport: a 2.5 MW Airloom fits inside a standard tractor trailer

    Quickly manufactured: uses readily sourced materials and parts

    Better for viewplanes: less mass, lower profile - preeliminates the whiners

    https://airloomenergy.com/

    They're slow to scale up, probably don't want to know what's in store.

    A single track? Running the wings around a pair of track would make their positions a lot more stable and predictable.

    I'm not a mechanical engineer, but I've hung about with them from time to time and some of their reactions are predictable. This looks like a scam.

    --
    Bill Sloman, Sydney

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  • From a a@21:1/5 to Anthony William Sloman on Fri Nov 10 17:26:50 2023
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    Subject: Re: Utility-Scale Wind Energy at Extremely Low Cost
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  • From boB@21:1/5 to jeroen@nospam.please on Fri Nov 10 13:58:07 2023
    On Fri, 10 Nov 2023 00:15:52 +0100, Jeroen Belleman
    <jeroen@nospam.please> wrote:

    On 11/9/23 23:48, john larkin wrote:
    On Thu, 9 Nov 2023 09:12:58 -0800 (PST), Fred Bloggs
    <bloggs.fredbloggs.fred@gmail.com> wrote:

    This looks like a kluge, but they seem to have convinced big money known for investing in innovation [Gates].

    Less than 1/10 the cost of a turbine

    Under 1/4 the cost to build a windfarm

    1/3 the LCOE [levelized cost of electricity] compared to traditional wind energy

    Can be built vertically or horizontally, either onshore or offshore

    Easy to transport: a 2.5 MW Airloom fits inside a standard tractor trailer >>>
    Quickly manufactured: uses readily sourced materials and parts

    Better for viewplanes: less mass, lower profile - preeliminates the whiners >>>
    https://airloomenergy.com/

    They're slow to scale up, probably don't want to know what's in store.

    Laughable. Put up a few sticks and some wire in your back yard and
    raise a lot of money.

    The offshore version will be extra funny. Maybe put the sticks on
    floating inner tubes.


    A bunch of slats, driven by wind to ride around on a closed-circuit
    track. A ridiculous contraption indeed. It'd be funny if it wasn't
    so sad that the general public has no idea about what energy is, and
    no notion of the scales involved.

    Jeroen Belleman


    And the good wind is not on the ground like this shows.

    It's up high.

    Yes, a scam.

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  • From Fred Bloggs@21:1/5 to john larkin on Fri Nov 10 15:54:32 2023
    On Thursday, November 9, 2023 at 5:48:55 PM UTC-5, john larkin wrote:
    On Thu, 9 Nov 2023 09:12:58 -0800 (PST), Fred Bloggs <bloggs.fred...@gmail.com> wrote:

    This looks like a kluge, but they seem to have convinced big money known for investing in innovation [Gates].

    Less than 1/10 the cost of a turbine

    Under 1/4 the cost to build a windfarm

    1/3 the LCOE [levelized cost of electricity] compared to traditional wind energy

    Can be built vertically or horizontally, either onshore or offshore

    Easy to transport: a 2.5 MW Airloom fits inside a standard tractor trailer

    Quickly manufactured: uses readily sourced materials and parts

    Better for viewplanes: less mass, lower profile - preeliminates the whiners

    https://airloomenergy.com/

    They're slow to scale up, probably don't want to know what's in store. Laughable. Put up a few sticks and some wire in your back yard and
    raise a lot of money.

    The offshore version will be extra funny. Maybe put the sticks on
    floating inner tubes.

    'Inspired by mathematics, optimization modeling, and kiteboarding, Mr. Lumley conceived of the Airloom one evening in a pub in Berlin after a wind energy conference. The Airloom has since been awarded numerous grants from the National Science Foundation
    and the state of Wyoming. US and international patents have been issued and more are in process.'

    See Lumley under the 'Team' tab. He's obviously on a different plane.

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  • From Fred Bloggs@21:1/5 to Anthony William Sloman on Fri Nov 10 16:00:18 2023
    On Thursday, November 9, 2023 at 9:59:28 PM UTC-5, Anthony William Sloman wrote:
    On Friday, November 10, 2023 at 4:13:03 AM UTC+11, Fred Bloggs wrote:
    This looks like a kluge, but they seem to have convinced big money known for investing in innovation [Gates].

    Less than 1/10 the cost of a turbine

    Under 1/4 the cost to build a windfarm

    1/3 the LCOE [levelized cost of electricity] compared to traditional wind energy

    Can be built vertically or horizontally, either onshore or offshore

    Easy to transport: a 2.5 MW Airloom fits inside a standard tractor trailer

    Quickly manufactured: uses readily sourced materials and parts

    Better for viewplanes: less mass, lower profile - preeliminates the whiners

    https://airloomenergy.com/

    They're slow to scale up, probably don't want to know what's in store.
    A single track? Running the wings around a pair of track would make their positions a lot more stable and predictable.

    I'm not a mechanical engineer, but I've hung about with them from time to time and some of their reactions are predictable. This looks like a scam.

    Gut feel is you can't make something powerful out of flimsy parts. There should be some kind of general finding by now of the per component withstanding power as a function of power delivered by the generator.


    --
    Bill Sloman, Sydney

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  • From Anthony William Sloman@21:1/5 to a a on Fri Nov 10 20:08:13 2023
    On Saturday, November 11, 2023 at 8:20:53 AM UTC+11, a a wrote:
    The idiot Anthony William Sloman <bill....@ieee.org> persisting in being an Off-topic troll...
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    Anthony William Sloman <bill....@ieee.org> wrote:

    A a seems to getting madder by the minute. I harvest four denunciations from a single post. Presumably when he gets even more florid he will be posting denunciations non-stop - his information provider will have to limit his access at that point, which
    would be nice.

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  • From Anthony William Sloman@21:1/5 to Fred Bloggs on Fri Nov 10 20:13:40 2023
    On Saturday, November 11, 2023 at 11:00:23 AM UTC+11, Fred Bloggs wrote:
    On Thursday, November 9, 2023 at 9:59:28 PM UTC-5, Anthony William Sloman wrote:
    On Friday, November 10, 2023 at 4:13:03 AM UTC+11, Fred Bloggs wrote:
    This looks like a kluge, but they seem to have convinced big money known for investing in innovation [Gates].

    Less than 1/10 the cost of a turbine

    <snip>

    A single track? Running the wings around a pair of track would make their positions a lot more stable and predictable.

    I'm not a mechanical engineer, but I've hung about with them from time to time and some of their reactions are predictable. This looks like a scam.

    Gut feel is you can't make something powerful out of flimsy parts. There should be some kind of general finding by now of the per component withstanding power as a function of power delivered by the generator.

    Wind speed is variable, and can get very high. Wind turbines can feather their blades to cope with very high winds. The circulating slats should be able to pack together and park in a shelter if the wind speed gets too high, but that didn't feature in
    the presentation.

    --
    Bill Sloman, Sydney

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  • From Tabby@21:1/5 to Fred Bloggs on Sun Nov 12 11:32:24 2023
    On Saturday, 11 November 2023 at 00:00:23 UTC, Fred Bloggs wrote:
    On Thursday, November 9, 2023 at 9:59:28 PM UTC-5, Anthony William Sloman wrote:
    On Friday, November 10, 2023 at 4:13:03 AM UTC+11, Fred Bloggs wrote:
    This looks like a kluge, but they seem to have convinced big money known for investing in innovation [Gates].

    Less than 1/10 the cost of a turbine

    Under 1/4 the cost to build a windfarm

    1/3 the LCOE [levelized cost of electricity] compared to traditional wind energy

    Can be built vertically or horizontally, either onshore or offshore

    Easy to transport: a 2.5 MW Airloom fits inside a standard tractor trailer

    Quickly manufactured: uses readily sourced materials and parts

    Better for viewplanes: less mass, lower profile - preeliminates the whiners

    https://airloomenergy.com/

    They're slow to scale up, probably don't want to know what's in store.
    A single track? Running the wings around a pair of track would make their positions a lot more stable and predictable.

    I'm not a mechanical engineer, but I've hung about with them from time to time and some of their reactions are predictable. This looks like a scam.
    Gut feel is you can't make something powerful out of flimsy parts.

    1. it distributes power handling over a large number of blades
    2. I expect that high winds cause the blades to move away from vertical, reducing wind load.

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  • From Anthony William Sloman@21:1/5 to Tabby on Tue Nov 14 23:14:00 2023
    On Monday, November 13, 2023 at 6:32:28 AM UTC+11, Tabby wrote:
    On Saturday, 11 November 2023 at 00:00:23 UTC, Fred Bloggs wrote:
    On Thursday, November 9, 2023 at 9:59:28 PM UTC-5, Anthony William Sloman wrote:
    On Friday, November 10, 2023 at 4:13:03 AM UTC+11, Fred Bloggs wrote:
    This looks like a kluge, but they seem to have convinced big money known for investing in innovation [Gates].

    Less than 1/10 the cost of a turbine

    Under 1/4 the cost to build a windfarm

    1/3 the LCOE [levelized cost of electricity] compared to traditional wind energy

    Can be built vertically or horizontally, either onshore or offshore

    Easy to transport: a 2.5 MW Airloom fits inside a standard tractor trailer

    Quickly manufactured: uses readily sourced materials and parts

    Better for viewplanes: less mass, lower profile - preeliminates the whiners

    https://airloomenergy.com/

    They're slow to scale up, probably don't want to know what's in store.
    A single track? Running the wings around a pair of track would make their positions a lot more stable and predictable.

    I'm not a mechanical engineer, but I've hung about with them from time to time and some of their reactions are predictable. This looks like a scam.

    Gut feel is you can't make something powerful out of flimsy parts.

    1. it distributes power handling over a large number of blades

    So does an array of wind turbines.

    2. I expect that high winds cause the blades to move away from vertical, reducing wind load.

    Not enough. Wind turbine feather their blades, which is an active response. I proposed parking the slats in a shelter elsewhere in this thread, which is a similalry active response

    --
    Bill Sloman, Sydney

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  • From legg@21:1/5 to bloggs.fredbloggs.fred@gmail.com on Wed Nov 15 08:05:05 2023
    On Fri, 10 Nov 2023 15:54:32 -0800 (PST), Fred Bloggs <bloggs.fredbloggs.fred@gmail.com> wrote:

    On Thursday, November 9, 2023 at 5:48:55?PM UTC-5, john larkin wrote:
    On Thu, 9 Nov 2023 09:12:58 -0800 (PST), Fred Bloggs
    <bloggs.fred...@gmail.com> wrote:

    This looks like a kluge, but they seem to have convinced big money known for investing in innovation [Gates].

    Less than 1/10 the cost of a turbine

    Under 1/4 the cost to build a windfarm

    1/3 the LCOE [levelized cost of electricity] compared to traditional wind energy

    Can be built vertically or horizontally, either onshore or offshore

    Easy to transport: a 2.5 MW Airloom fits inside a standard tractor trailer >> >
    Quickly manufactured: uses readily sourced materials and parts

    Better for viewplanes: less mass, lower profile - preeliminates the whiners >> >
    https://airloomenergy.com/

    They're slow to scale up, probably don't want to know what's in store.
    Laughable. Put up a few sticks and some wire in your back yard and
    raise a lot of money.

    The offshore version will be extra funny. Maybe put the sticks on
    floating inner tubes.

    'Inspired by mathematics, optimization modeling, and kiteboarding, Mr. Lumley conceived of the Airloom one evening in a pub in Berlin after a wind energy conference. The Airloom has since been awarded numerous grants from the National Science Foundation
    and the state of Wyoming. US and international patents have been issued and more are in process.'

    See Lumley under the 'Team' tab. He's obviously on a different plane.

    Fwiction.

    RL

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  • From Tabby@21:1/5 to Anthony William Sloman on Wed Nov 15 10:14:19 2023
    On Wednesday, 15 November 2023 at 07:14:06 UTC, Anthony William Sloman wrote:
    On Monday, November 13, 2023 at 6:32:28 AM UTC+11, Tabby wrote:
    On Saturday, 11 November 2023 at 00:00:23 UTC, Fred Bloggs wrote:
    On Thursday, November 9, 2023 at 9:59:28 PM UTC-5, Anthony William Sloman wrote:
    On Friday, November 10, 2023 at 4:13:03 AM UTC+11, Fred Bloggs wrote:
    This looks like a kluge, but they seem to have convinced big money known for investing in innovation [Gates].

    Less than 1/10 the cost of a turbine

    Under 1/4 the cost to build a windfarm

    1/3 the LCOE [levelized cost of electricity] compared to traditional wind energy

    Can be built vertically or horizontally, either onshore or offshore

    Easy to transport: a 2.5 MW Airloom fits inside a standard tractor trailer

    Quickly manufactured: uses readily sourced materials and parts

    Better for viewplanes: less mass, lower profile - preeliminates the whiners

    https://airloomenergy.com/

    They're slow to scale up, probably don't want to know what's in store.
    A single track? Running the wings around a pair of track would make their positions a lot more stable and predictable.

    I'm not a mechanical engineer, but I've hung about with them from time to time and some of their reactions are predictable. This looks like a scam.

    Gut feel is you can't make something powerful out of flimsy parts.

    1. it distributes power handling over a large number of blades
    So does an array of wind turbines.

    turbines handle much more power & winspeed per blade than this thing

    2. I expect that high winds cause the blades to move away from vertical, reducing wind load.
    Not enough.

    I would not assume that

    Wind turbine feather their blades, which is an active response.

    yup, which is less wind avoiding than letting vertical blades lift up to possibly 90 degrees max

    I proposed parking the slats in a shelter elsewhere in this thread, which is a similalry active response

    We don't know the inventor's decisions. We can only propose options, yours and mine should both work.

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  • From Anthony William Sloman@21:1/5 to Tabby on Wed Nov 15 23:22:01 2023
    On Thursday, November 16, 2023 at 5:14:25 AM UTC+11, Tabby wrote:
    On Wednesday, 15 November 2023 at 07:14:06 UTC, Anthony William Sloman wrote:
    On Monday, November 13, 2023 at 6:32:28 AM UTC+11, Tabby wrote:
    On Saturday, 11 November 2023 at 00:00:23 UTC, Fred Bloggs wrote:
    On Thursday, November 9, 2023 at 9:59:28 PM UTC-5, Anthony William Sloman wrote:
    On Friday, November 10, 2023 at 4:13:03 AM UTC+11, Fred Bloggs wrote:
    This looks like a kluge, but they seem to have convinced big money known for investing in innovation [Gates].

    Less than 1/10 the cost of a turbine

    Under 1/4 the cost to build a windfarm

    1/3 the LCOE [levelized cost of electricity] compared to traditional wind energy

    Can be built vertically or horizontally, either onshore or offshore

    Easy to transport: a 2.5 MW Airloom fits inside a standard tractor trailer

    Quickly manufactured: uses readily sourced materials and parts

    Better for viewplanes: less mass, lower profile - preeliminates the whiners

    https://airloomenergy.com/

    They're slow to scale up, probably don't want to know what's in store.

    A single track? Running the wings around a pair of track would make their positions a lot more stable and predictable.

    I'm not a mechanical engineer, but I've hung about with them from time to time and some of their reactions are predictable. This looks like a scam.

    Gut feel is you can't make something powerful out of flimsy parts.

    1. it distributes power handling over a large number of blades

    So does an array of wind turbines.

    turbines handle much more power & windspeed per blade than this thing.

    How do you know that? And does it matter?

    2. I expect that high winds cause the blades to move away from vertical, reducing wind load.

    Not enough.

    I would not assume that

    I would. As drawn, the trackway looked flimsy.

    Wind turbine feather their blades, which is an active response.

    yup, which is less wind avoiding than letting vertical blades lift up to possibly 90 degrees max.

    Or letting them break off and get blown away.

    I proposed parking the slats in a shelter elsewhere in this thread, which is a similary active response.

    We don't know the inventor's decisions. We can only propose options, yours and mine should both work.

    My contention was that it is more likely to be a scam than an invention and shouldn't be expected to work.

    --
    Bill Sloman, Sydney

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  • From Tabby@21:1/5 to Anthony William Sloman on Mon Nov 20 17:13:09 2023
    On Thursday, 16 November 2023 at 07:22:07 UTC, Anthony William Sloman wrote:
    On Thursday, November 16, 2023 at 5:14:25 AM UTC+11, Tabby wrote:
    On Wednesday, 15 November 2023 at 07:14:06 UTC, Anthony William Sloman wrote:
    On Monday, November 13, 2023 at 6:32:28 AM UTC+11, Tabby wrote:
    On Saturday, 11 November 2023 at 00:00:23 UTC, Fred Bloggs wrote:
    On Thursday, November 9, 2023 at 9:59:28 PM UTC-5, Anthony William Sloman wrote:
    On Friday, November 10, 2023 at 4:13:03 AM UTC+11, Fred Bloggs wrote:
    This looks like a kluge, but they seem to have convinced big money known for investing in innovation [Gates].

    Less than 1/10 the cost of a turbine

    Under 1/4 the cost to build a windfarm

    1/3 the LCOE [levelized cost of electricity] compared to traditional wind energy

    Can be built vertically or horizontally, either onshore or offshore

    Easy to transport: a 2.5 MW Airloom fits inside a standard tractor trailer

    Quickly manufactured: uses readily sourced materials and parts

    Better for viewplanes: less mass, lower profile - preeliminates the whiners

    https://airloomenergy.com/

    They're slow to scale up, probably don't want to know what's in store.

    A single track? Running the wings around a pair of track would make their positions a lot more stable and predictable.

    I'm not a mechanical engineer, but I've hung about with them from time to time and some of their reactions are predictable. This looks like a scam.

    Gut feel is you can't make something powerful out of flimsy parts.

    1. it distributes power handling over a large number of blades

    So does an array of wind turbines.

    turbines handle much more power & windspeed per blade than this thing.

    How do you know that? And does it matter?

    Windspeed increases graetly as you go up from ground level. It's why turbines use tall towers. The track layout requires many towers, so will be much lower to the ground. Lower means less power per blade.

    2. I expect that high winds cause the blades to move away from vertical, reducing wind load.

    Not enough.

    I would not assume that
    I would. As drawn, the trackway looked flimsy.

    In principle it's enough because the hanging blades can shed more wind load than a turbine on a tower. We don't know the implementation details.


    Wind turbine feather their blades, which is an active response.

    yup, which is less wind avoiding than letting vertical blades lift up to possibly 90 degrees max.

    Or letting them break off and get blown away.

    I proposed parking the slats in a shelter elsewhere in this thread, which is a similary active response.

    We don't know the inventor's decisions. We can only propose options, yours and mine should both work.
    My contention was that it is more likely to be a scam than an invention and shouldn't be expected to work.

    It's fairly obvious it can work, the main question is the cost vs output.

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  • From a a@21:1/5 to Tabby on Tue Nov 21 04:26:11 2023
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  • From Anthony William Sloman@21:1/5 to Tabby on Tue Nov 21 03:10:03 2023
    On Tuesday, November 21, 2023 at 12:13:14 PM UTC+11, Tabby wrote:
    On Thursday, 16 November 2023 at 07:22:07 UTC, Anthony William Sloman wrote:
    On Thursday, November 16, 2023 at 5:14:25 AM UTC+11, Tabby wrote:
    On Wednesday, 15 November 2023 at 07:14:06 UTC, Anthony William Sloman wrote:
    On Monday, November 13, 2023 at 6:32:28 AM UTC+11, Tabby wrote:
    On Saturday, 11 November 2023 at 00:00:23 UTC, Fred Bloggs wrote:
    On Thursday, November 9, 2023 at 9:59:28 PM UTC-5, Anthony William Sloman wrote:
    On Friday, November 10, 2023 at 4:13:03 AM UTC+11, Fred Bloggs wrote:

    <snip>

    We don't know the inventor's decisions. We can only propose options, yours and mine should both work.

    My contention was that it is more likely to be a scam than an invention and shouldn't be expected to work.

    It's fairly obvious it can work, the main question is the cost vs output.

    The single track version in Fred's link might work briefly. but it looks horribly flimsy. Scam projects to have to look as if they would work, but this one isn't exactly convincing.

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    Bill Sloman, Sydney

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