http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/27/quiet-revolutions-qr5-addresses-wind-turbine-issues/ Engadget Comments for Quiet Revolution's QR5 addresses wind turbine issues http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/27/quiet-revolutions-qr5-addresses-wind-turbine-issues/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/27/quiet-revolutions-qr5-addresses-wind-turbine-issues/Nov 27th 2006 7:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/27/quiet-revolutions-qr5-addresses-wind-turbine-issues/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/27/quiet-revolutions-qr5-addresses-wind-turbine-issues/Nov 27th 2006 8:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/27/quiet-revolutions-qr5-addresses-wind-turbine-issues/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/27/quiet-revolutions-qr5-addresses-wind-turbine-issues/Nov 27th 2006 7:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/27/quiet-revolutions-qr5-addresses-wind-turbine-issues/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/27/quiet-revolutions-qr5-addresses-wind-turbine-issues/
I want 1 for my garden now.... haha]]>Nov 27th 2006 7:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/27/quiet-revolutions-qr5-addresses-wind-turbine-issues/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/27/quiet-revolutions-qr5-addresses-wind-turbine-issues/Nov 27th 2006 7:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/27/quiet-revolutions-qr5-addresses-wind-turbine-issues/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/27/quiet-revolutions-qr5-addresses-wind-turbine-issues/Nov 27th 2006 7:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/27/quiet-revolutions-qr5-addresses-wind-turbine-issues/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/27/quiet-revolutions-qr5-addresses-wind-turbine-issues/
so we can only hope.............]]>Nov 27th 2006 7:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/27/quiet-revolutions-qr5-addresses-wind-turbine-issues/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/27/quiet-revolutions-qr5-addresses-wind-turbine-issues/Only thing that is missing is ultracapacitor bank for storage of electricity. Perhaps when EESTOR comes to the market with their energy storage devices we will finally have the ability to do something about global warming and energy dependancy (at least one of us living in northern Europe and other windy areas).

I find price a bit too much. Looking at the parts - I am sure the price could be brought down at least by half if not even 2/3 of the current price (with advantages of mass-production that is). Any chinese factory wants to copy this one? ;-)]]>Nov 27th 2006 9:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/27/quiet-revolutions-qr5-addresses-wind-turbine-issues/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/27/quiet-revolutions-qr5-addresses-wind-turbine-issues/Nov 27th 2006 8:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/27/quiet-revolutions-qr5-addresses-wind-turbine-issues/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/27/quiet-revolutions-qr5-addresses-wind-turbine-issues/Nov 27th 2006 8:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/27/quiet-revolutions-qr5-addresses-wind-turbine-issues/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/27/quiet-revolutions-qr5-addresses-wind-turbine-issues/(This living the future stuff makes me giddy.)

Like anything else, the methods and materials are going to evolve.

I think I would have to spend alot more time looking at one before delivering the verdict as to if I could live with one in sight/hearing range of my home, however.

A small one to augment my back yard solar lights' charging power however...]]>Nov 27th 2006 8:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/27/quiet-revolutions-qr5-addresses-wind-turbine-issues/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/27/quiet-revolutions-qr5-addresses-wind-turbine-issues/
My buddies and I were randomly driving through the Illinois interior when in the middle of nowhere we ran into a wind farm with about 50 turbines. It was quite an incredible sight.

And to be honest... the wind was rocking that day and I really couldn't hear much noise at all.]]>Nov 27th 2006 10:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/27/quiet-revolutions-qr5-addresses-wind-turbine-issues/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/27/quiet-revolutions-qr5-addresses-wind-turbine-issues/
That's not actually true. In opinion polls people who live within one mile of a wind turbine give them the highest approval rating. There will always be NIMBY (not-in-my-back-yard) objections, but ask yourself would you rather live near:

a) a wind turbine
b) a coal fired power station (mercury, soot etc.)
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Don't believe me? Just try getting actual net energy balance data from an operator of these systems. Good luck, I've tried. They only report predicted or calculated figures, not actual data.
Pseudoenviromental BS.]]>Nov 28th 2006 10:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/27/quiet-revolutions-qr5-addresses-wind-turbine-issues/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/27/quiet-revolutions-qr5-addresses-wind-turbine-issues/Nov 28th 2006 3:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/27/quiet-revolutions-qr5-addresses-wind-turbine-issues/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/27/quiet-revolutions-qr5-addresses-wind-turbine-issues/Nov 28th 2006 4:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/27/quiet-revolutions-qr5-addresses-wind-turbine-issues/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/27/quiet-revolutions-qr5-addresses-wind-turbine-issues/
I could see these replacing telephone poles.]]>Nov 28th 2006 8:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/27/quiet-revolutions-qr5-addresses-wind-turbine-issues/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/27/quiet-revolutions-qr5-addresses-wind-turbine-issues/Nov 28th 2006 8:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/27/quiet-revolutions-qr5-addresses-wind-turbine-issues/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/27/quiet-revolutions-qr5-addresses-wind-turbine-issues/
Would I mind them in near my home? No.]]>Nov 28th 2006 5:21PM