Hi to all, I think members of SWIEP and Green Power Talk, might like to know that Small-Wind-Home (AWEA) is considering censoring my technical opinions on the...
Mel: There are code words for people to stop progress, stifle dissent, curb the truth, put a wet blanket on rabble-rousers who might reveal the lies or rock...
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Mar 1, 2009 6:02 pm
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Hi Doug, Thanks for your opinions and support regarding near censorship. Regarding science, I know you have always had strong opinions and I must admit you are...
Mel: Most of my friends get paid as scientists too. Obviously I am not against science, i am against lies in the name of science as enforced by those who write...
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Mar 1, 2009 6:34 pm
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Doug, I am against dishonesty in science too. But often science has no clear answer to some of the world's important questions. Also some scientist can be...
Mel: I read quite well about "censorship" since my messages are "moderated" until I write what the moderator wants and several times they send me messages that...
Nando
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Mar 1, 2009 6:45 pm
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No I don;t think so Mel. Science is about finding facts when it has been determined that facts are KNOWN., It is not about name-calling and firing people for...
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Mar 1, 2009 10:22 pm
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I know you have been on about global warming before. I respect your opinion. I have my own opinion too, but don't have time to share it and it is not my area...
Doug: Do not try to fool MOTHER NATURE -- it will be costly to the humanity . One of the big problems, presently, is the lack of well defined data collection...
Nando
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Mar 1, 2009 10:55 pm
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Surely discussion of the Holocaust are NOT germane to this list, and discussion of so-called global warming is only tangentially so? ...
Steven: I am not discussing the Holocaust --- I just making a reference because of recently "alive" commentary in the news as a relationship to the global...
Nando
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Mar 2, 2009 12:07 am
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Since I will be away for > 3 weeks I have appointed Nando and Steven Woodcock as moderators of SWIEP, i.e, people with power to delete spam messages. Mel...
Hugh: Exactly: science should be working to disprove global warming, since it has been put forward as a theory, the job of science is to test that theory from...
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Mar 2, 2009 4:38 pm
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PAUL: Thanks for the information that for sure Mel Tyree would be interested to have at SWIEP@yahoogroups.com since he is collecting information on Bergey...
Nando
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Mar 18, 2009 4:06 pm
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Hi Paul, Greetings from New Zealand. Thanks for your efforts to collect and post these data. You are in a more windy site than I am. My best day was around 165...
Tyree, Mel
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Mar 19, 2009 3:14 am
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Yes Doug, I still intend to get in touch with Joe Guasti. I also wish to apologize to Paul for having misspelled his name! (Rekow). In order to save Paul some...
Tyree, Mel
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Mar 31, 2009 8:04 pm
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A no wind turbine story even with the incentives, looking for any sympathy/suggestions. :) I was hoping to put a Ventera (www.venteraenergy.com) unit up with...
Stephen, So is the problem that the Ventera produces too much energy, i.e., more than the average person consumes? A Ventera power curve has never been...
Tyree, Mel
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Apr 1, 2009 2:55 pm
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Mel, It is not just Ohio, New York (NYSERDA) recently did the same. Effectively killing the small wind industry in NY State. Now a Bergy 10 Kw is only rated...
Dave, The NYSERDA reason is clear. They want to rate and subsidize all turbines based on its production at a wind speed of 11 m/s. At that speed the Bergey...
Looking for device or software to evaluate and place small wind turbines, subdivision. Would like to be able to filter out results below c10Mph, over 60. ...
Doug, I have copied the relivent part I want to respond to. Let me explain why I haven't contacted Joe Guasti. Many many messages back I was going on about...
Steven, I have been following the Ventera web site for some time now. I hope to get the Alberta Dept of Agriculute to buy one for a demo project in rural...
Ellen, Thanks for the blog link. I am very interested in your experience with the Redriven. I would like to try one out in Alberta. I am involved with a...
Peter, Thanks for all this valuable information about power factors and reactive loads. Ever since you wrote to me about this I have been wondering if reactive...
There has been some talk recently about the new Federal Tax Credit on small wind turbines. SED (the people who installed my turbine) sent me a statement from...
For those interested in the whales tubercles in the flippers to improve lifting capabilities down load these two reports: ...
Nando
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Apr 8, 2009 2:04 pm
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I saw these 'whale power' air-foils (blades) when I visited WEICan last fall, but no report was available then. I have not read the report yet. Thanks, Nando,...
Hi all, I completed construction my Net-Zero Energy House in Jan 2008. The house is net-metered and powered by a 10 kW turbine + a 10 kW PV array producing...