Use your parachute to power your home!

[JohnRich 4]

The Dutch are experimenting with "ladder mills" consisting of ram-air kites to harness the wind in order to drive a generator and produce electricity.

http://smarteconomy.typepad.com/smart_economy/2008/08/laddermill-durc.html

http://peswiki.com/index.php/Directory:Wind:Ladder_Mills

And these guys plan to take the concept up into the jet stream:

http://green.venturebeat.com/2008/08/23/makani-power-takes-in-5m-for-high-altitude-wind-energy/

Keep your old parachutes handy - you may be able to use them some day to power your home!

[captain1976 0]

Nice idea, but what kind of a mess have ya got when the wind dies.

You live more in the few minutes of skydiving than many people live in their lifetime

[skyrider 0]

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Nice idea, but what kind of a mess have ya got when the wind dies.

If you can;t handle it, keep your payed packer on speed dial!

[JohnRich 4]

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Nice idea, but what kind of a mess have ya got when the wind dies.

I ain't untangling six miles of suspension lines!

[captain1976 0]

Right, can you imagine a bunch of canopies tangled together? How about turbulence and canopy collapses associated with storms and heavy rain.

And how about the physical labor involved with putting them up, taking them down not to mention the deteriorating effects of sun exposure.

Sounds like it would take more energy to maintain them then the energy you would save.

You live more in the few minutes of skydiving than many people live in their lifetime

[georgerussia 0]

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Nice idea, but what kind of a mess have ya got when the wind dies.

In Netherlands, the wind never dies.
(and so does the rain)

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