elag wrote:
> > >
> > > You have wind power in your neighborhood?
> >
> > We have a place called Blyth nearby where they have built turbines along
> > the old pier
> >
> > http://groups.msn.com/OtherSides/blyth.msnw
> >
> > They're trying to convince folks to let them build an offshore field but
> > are having a lot of trouble.
>
> This doesn't look bad but I can see how too much of it could be an eyesore.
Mhm... well I heard a couple of days ago they blew the old power station
up out there, so the turbines must be doing okay.
>
> >
> > This slightly uglier one is a couple of miles away, upriver. The reason
> > I like this particular one so much is it generates the power for the
> > company in whose grounds it stands. Clean, efficient and interesting to
> > look at... what more could you want?
> > http://groups.msn.com/OtherSides/bongacrane.msnw?action=ShowPhoto&PhotoID=407
>
> I'm not too keen on the 2 blade design but I am in favor of wind power.
> I'm pretty green and not just because of the smog.
>
Me too... And of course the nuclear crud. We also have some design guys
working on water generators which will work UNDER the sea... weird
things which catch the tide or something. It's a big project and who
knows... it could be a winner. (of course you need a sea :O) )
> > I agree the big dishes do have a strange quality about them.
>
> I worked for a while at a satellite facility in Malaysia where they had
> dishes 7 -8 meters across. At night with just the safety lights on they
> gave one the feeling of being on a far off colony of Earth.
>
Brill. I enjoy getting out and about late at night where the chemical
factories etc are as they are lit up so beautifully. There's also some
facility the other side of the river which has an eternal flame, another
eye opener.
> > >
> > > What kind of camo do they use? I'd imagine that woodland camo or urban
> > > camo won't work.
> >
> > Red brick or dark slate colours usually. But this more recent
> > development is my favourite(I hope you can see this page, it has to be
> > seen to be believed)
> > http://www.digicams-uk.com/prod30.htm
> > http://www.digicams-uk.com/prod235.htm
>
> They are very interesting. I didn't know that dishes would work so
> enclosed. If I ever need a small dish I'll have to look at getting
> something like that.
>
> I wonder if they could disguise one as an equestrian statue of Marcus Aurelius?
:O) As far as I know the globes open... though these may be a new design
and may not need to. I'm aware of people who have set dishes up indoors,
which is possible through glass, so if the dome's upper portion is glass
it may work that way. Pretty cool though!
--
Paul. (This machine will, will not communicate)
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