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	<title>Comments on: Philippe Starck’s Wind Turbine Design</title>
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		<title>By: Carlos Barrera</title>
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		<dc:creator>Carlos Barrera</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2009 19:04:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Proposal Technology Submission:

http://gearturbine.260mb.com/

YouTuve Video: Gearturbine - Retrodynamic

&quot;Gearturbine&quot;-Dic, 1991 IMPI Patent Mexico #197187-Retrodynamic dextrogiro vs levogiro effect-Non parasitic losses engine system for cooling lubrication combustion-2 Very long distance cautive compression inflow propulsion conduits like a digestive system in perfect equilibrium well balanced star were end like a snake bite his own tale-4 Pairs of dynamic turbos-Direct planetary gear thrust like a YING YANG-2 Inflow propulsion opposite flames like 2 dragoons.</description>
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<p>YouTuve Video: Gearturbine &#8211; Retrodynamic</p>
<p>&#8220;Gearturbine&#8221;-Dic, 1991 IMPI Patent Mexico #197187-Retrodynamic dextrogiro vs levogiro effect-Non parasitic losses engine system for cooling lubrication combustion-2 Very long distance cautive compression inflow propulsion conduits like a digestive system in perfect equilibrium well balanced star were end like a snake bite his own tale-4 Pairs of dynamic turbos-Direct planetary gear thrust like a YING YANG-2 Inflow propulsion opposite flames like 2 dragoons.</p>
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		<title>By: Joe</title>
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		<dc:creator>Joe</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2009 15:10:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Excellent points Jacob.  Any current news on this item?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Excellent points Jacob.  Any current news on this item?</p>
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		<title>By: Jacob</title>
		<link>http://www.coolest-gadgets.com/20080704/philippe-starck%e2%80%99s-wind-turbine-design/comment-page-1/#comment-357547</link>
		<dc:creator>Jacob</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Dec 2008 18:01:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hmm..its Dec yet I don&#039;t find it for sale anywhere. Even its manufacturer, Pramac, doesn&#039;t have the product listed on its website...  this all sounds like a publicity stunt to me.  Or just more BS from an industry that famous for it.

On a more serious note, why is this Mark R guy who wrote the article simply taking these claims at face value?  This industry is full of BS.  A study done by MIT showed that small wind turbines produce less than 30% of what the manufacturers claim, on average.  Knowing quite a lot about this industry, I would peg the number for this turbine at even less than that.  I can&#039;t see the torque needed to start turning a generator. This is all pointless anyway, look up Newton and Betz.  Energy extraction from wind is all based in physics.  There are laws that govern what can be produced.  At the rooftop level, the wind simply isn&#039;t there.  Its not the case that you get the same output form 3 mph winds for 2 hours as you would 6 mph winds for 1 hour.  It isn&#039;t a linear relationship.  It would take almost 2 days of 3 mph winds to get the same output from a single hour of 10 mph winds.  The relationship is that drastic.  That&#039;s why turbines are so high in the air, thats where the winds are.

I hope to be proved wrong though, coal fired utility plants have to go!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hmm..its Dec yet I don&#8217;t find it for sale anywhere. Even its manufacturer, Pramac, doesn&#8217;t have the product listed on its website&#8230;  this all sounds like a publicity stunt to me.  Or just more BS from an industry that famous for it.</p>
<p>On a more serious note, why is this Mark R guy who wrote the article simply taking these claims at face value?  This industry is full of BS.  A study done by MIT showed that small wind turbines produce less than 30% of what the manufacturers claim, on average.  Knowing quite a lot about this industry, I would peg the number for this turbine at even less than that.  I can&#8217;t see the torque needed to start turning a generator. This is all pointless anyway, look up Newton and Betz.  Energy extraction from wind is all based in physics.  There are laws that govern what can be produced.  At the rooftop level, the wind simply isn&#8217;t there.  Its not the case that you get the same output form 3 mph winds for 2 hours as you would 6 mph winds for 1 hour.  It isn&#8217;t a linear relationship.  It would take almost 2 days of 3 mph winds to get the same output from a single hour of 10 mph winds.  The relationship is that drastic.  That&#8217;s why turbines are so high in the air, thats where the winds are.</p>
<p>I hope to be proved wrong though, coal fired utility plants have to go!</p>
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		<title>By: brian</title>
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		<dc:creator>brian</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Sep 2008 12:45:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>well, it is september and i still can&#039;t find it for sale anywhere. has anyone else seen it?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>well, it is september and i still can&#8217;t find it for sale anywhere. has anyone else seen it?</p>
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		<title>By: Ann Merritt</title>
		<link>http://www.coolest-gadgets.com/20080704/philippe-starck%e2%80%99s-wind-turbine-design/comment-page-1/#comment-341723</link>
		<dc:creator>Ann Merritt</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jul 2008 14:25:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Gadgets- try that online search again.  The device was introduced at the Milan Greenergy design show earlier this year and will be available in Sept. 2008.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Gadgets- try that online search again.  The device was introduced at the Milan Greenergy design show earlier this year and will be available in Sept. 2008.</p>
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		<title>By: Starting the week with a gallery of gadgets &#187; Coolest Gadgets</title>
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		<dc:creator>Starting the week with a gallery of gadgets &#187; Coolest Gadgets</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jul 2008 11:33:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] Philippe Starck’s Wind Turbine Design [...]</description>
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		<title>By: Roy Forgy</title>
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		<dc:creator>Roy Forgy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Jul 2008 13:55:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Very cool, we need more of these.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Very cool, we need more of these.</p>
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		<title>By: Donnnell</title>
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		<dc:creator>Donnnell</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Jul 2008 18:19:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Philippe Starck is a real person and the invention is real.  He felt he had to design this because he felt everything he had designed before was useless.

You can watch a video of Philippe speak at TED at 

http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/philippe_starck_thinks_deep_on_design.html</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Philippe Starck is a real person and the invention is real.  He felt he had to design this because he felt everything he had designed before was useless.</p>
<p>You can watch a video of Philippe speak at TED at </p>
<p><a href="http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/philippe_starck_thinks_deep_on_design.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/philippe_starck_thinks_deep_on_design.html</a></p>
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		<title>By: Gadgets</title>
		<link>http://www.coolest-gadgets.com/20080704/philippe-starck%e2%80%99s-wind-turbine-design/comment-page-1/#comment-341574</link>
		<dc:creator>Gadgets</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Jul 2008 16:15:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>A quick search online shows that this is not real or realistic.  This is just another of those gadgets we wish existed but cannot exist in reality.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A quick search online shows that this is not real or realistic.  This is just another of those gadgets we wish existed but cannot exist in reality.</p>
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		<title>By: Ann Merritt</title>
		<link>http://www.coolest-gadgets.com/20080704/philippe-starck%e2%80%99s-wind-turbine-design/comment-page-1/#comment-341572</link>
		<dc:creator>Ann Merritt</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Jul 2008 15:50:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>There may be a character named Starck on TV, but Phillippe Starck is a well know real life designer.  Just google him and the invention- both are real.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>There may be a character named Starck on TV, but Phillippe Starck is a well know real life designer.  Just google him and the invention- both are real.</p>
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		<title>By: Richard</title>
		<link>http://www.coolest-gadgets.com/20080704/philippe-starck%e2%80%99s-wind-turbine-design/comment-page-1/#comment-341549</link>
		<dc:creator>Richard</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Jul 2008 03:06:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>so this isn&#039;t real after all?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>so this isn&#8217;t real after all?</p>
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		<title>By: Philippe Starck designs personal energy wind tunnel for households &#124; CJCM2u.com</title>
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		<dc:creator>Philippe Starck designs personal energy wind tunnel for households &#124; CJCM2u.com</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Jul 2008 02:35:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] Source: DVICE via Coolest Gadget [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] Source: DVICE via Coolest Gadget [...]</p>
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		<title>By: John</title>
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		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jul 2008 23:35:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Guys--Starck is a character on a scifi channel show called &quot;Eureka.&quot;  The &#039;inventions&#039; on the scifi website are fictional.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Guys&#8211;Starck is a character on a scifi channel show called &#8220;Eureka.&#8221;  The &#8216;inventions&#8217; on the scifi website are fictional.</p>
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		<title>By: Richard</title>
		<link>http://www.coolest-gadgets.com/20080704/philippe-starck%e2%80%99s-wind-turbine-design/comment-page-1/#comment-341538</link>
		<dc:creator>Richard</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jul 2008 23:16:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>$633 and you get 20-60% of power? I want to believe it but that just can&#039;t be true</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>$633 and you get 20-60% of power? I want to believe it but that just can&#8217;t be true</p>
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