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Originally Posted by redpoint5
Problem is, micro anything usually isn't good unless we're talking about electronics.
Economies of scale favor making ever larger turbines, because a small increase in radius exponentially increases the swept area...
That just triggered the hypothetical question of what diameter of wind turbine would power the world's electrical needs?
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What if it could be "suspended" somehow so it sat in the 150 mph jet stream at 30,000 feet?