Another wind turbine approach

[bobabode]

Originally Posted by piece-itpete

It's short for that, yes. I've been called a Yank enough, with no bundling of the britches.

Pete

It's an derogatory term for a whole race of people and comparing it to getting called a Yank is a bundle of false equivalence. Ask any Japanese or Japanese American and they'll square you away on that notion.

[Pio1980]

Since wind turbines need be tethered, using the tether lines to transfer power would make sense.

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[donquixote99]

Originally Posted by Pio1980

Since wind turbines need be tethered, using the tether lines to transfer power would make sense.

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And it has the advantage of being doable within current technology. I'll admit I imagined the problems of transmitting power through air were more solved.

[piece-itpete]

Nips? Why is the short of Yankee OK and a simple abbreviation not?

It was and sometimes still is derogatory: "The informal British English "Yank" is especially popular among Britons and Australians and sometimes carries pejorative overtones. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yankee

While I'd rather not be offensive, thin skin is also not my problem.

Pete

[piece-itpete]

In the interests of propriety I will not use it, except in describing Japanese cars

/threadjack

Pete

[bobabode]

Originally Posted by piece-itpete

In the interests of propriety I will not use it, except in describing Japanese cars

/threadjack

Pete

Good. Ethnic slurs ist verboten. Feel free to call me a kraut but don't call me late for dinner. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jap http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nip

[Pio1980]

Originally Posted by donquixote99

And it has the advantage of being doable within current technology. I'll admit I imagined the problems of transmitting power through air were more solved.

I expect the losses with a radiation link would be unacceptably excessive.

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[BlueStreak]

But, if I use the word "Nipponese", no one should be offended.

[piece-itpete]

Windmill farms are indeed industrial sites though, and noisy.

Originally Posted by BlueStreak

But, if I use the word "Nipponese", no one should be offended.

But they'll be suspicious

Pete

[BlueStreak]

Originally Posted by piece-itpete

Windmill farms are indeed industrial sites though, and noisy.



But they'll be suspicious

Pete

Because they're stupid. "Nippon" is just another Japanese word for "Japan".

Dave