Comments on: Festival of Innovation and 500Kites http://zerocarbonista.com/2009/09/04/festival-of-innovation-and-500kites/ Life post oil and post carbon Wed, 16 May 2012 16:57:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Andrea Halman http://zerocarbonista.com/2009/09/04/festival-of-innovation-and-500kites/#comment-9680 Andrea Halman Sun, 10 Jan 2010 16:46:12 +0000 http://zerocarbonista.com/?p=655#comment-9680 Hi. We saw you there. Have just found your website and have been reading the updates on the car. I'm looking forwards to the day when I can drive an electric car without worries or a massive overdraft. For now, I'll stick with the bike and good old public transport. All the best though. We need the pioneers as well as the big-bucks to drive the engineering forwards. Hi. We saw you there. Have just found your website and have been reading the updates on the car.

I’m looking forwards to the day when I can drive an electric car without worries or a massive overdraft.

For now, I’ll stick with the bike and good old public transport. All the best though. We need the pioneers as well as the big-bucks to drive the engineering forwards.

]]> By: Jonny Holt http://zerocarbonista.com/2009/09/04/festival-of-innovation-and-500kites/#comment-9219 Jonny Holt Sat, 12 Sep 2009 23:55:59 +0000 http://zerocarbonista.com/?p=655#comment-9219 Hello Everyone, The mention of kites got me thinking - I was sure I had seen something on the web about using them to generate power. These were not the concept that I remember reading about but interesting and amusing to those of us of a techy bent nevertheless: http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/2006/10/71908 http://www.kitegen.com/en/ No doubt this sort of approach would alarm the Civil Aviation Authority, but if we all have to give up flying to hit the UK's carbon reduction targets I assume that ceases to be a problem. I will try to dig up some more - but I have just been reminded it is bedtime. Best regards, Jonny. Hello Everyone,

The mention of kites got me thinking – I was sure I had seen something on the web about using them to generate power.

These were not the concept that I remember reading about but interesting and amusing to those of us of a techy bent nevertheless:

http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/2006/10/71908

http://www.kitegen.com/en/

No doubt this sort of approach would alarm the Civil Aviation Authority, but if we all have to give up flying to hit the UK’s carbon reduction targets I assume that ceases to be a problem.

I will try to dig up some more – but I have just been reminded it is bedtime.

Best regards,

Jonny.

]]> By: J http://zerocarbonista.com/2009/09/04/festival-of-innovation-and-500kites/#comment-9195 J Thu, 10 Sep 2009 09:48:40 +0000 http://zerocarbonista.com/?p=655#comment-9195 this loks like it should be good fun - a Great opportunity for those budding photographers too! Get down there! this loks like it should be good fun – a Great opportunity for those budding photographers too!

Get down there!

]]> By: paul http://zerocarbonista.com/2009/09/04/festival-of-innovation-and-500kites/#comment-9185 paul Tue, 08 Sep 2009 15:14:23 +0000 http://zerocarbonista.com/?p=655#comment-9185 Cheers Anna - I will check that out. I have some friends that play with big kites.. never tried that myself, but I used to *love* getting my box kite into the air with extended string watching it go up to a dot and keep it up all afternoon. Ah - those were the days. These days I would be wanting to attach wireless cameras to them ;-) Hmm.... I wonder.... Cheers Anna – I will check that out.

I have some friends that play with big kites.. never tried that myself, but I used to *love* getting my box kite into the air with extended string watching it go up to a dot and keep it up all afternoon. Ah – those were the days.

These days I would be wanting to attach wireless cameras to them ;-) Hmm…. I wonder….

]]> By: Anna http://zerocarbonista.com/2009/09/04/festival-of-innovation-and-500kites/#comment-9181 Anna Tue, 08 Sep 2009 09:29:50 +0000 http://zerocarbonista.com/?p=655#comment-9181 I'm a kite fan too and know the sense of awe you get when hauled off your feet on the end of a string. There's another wind festival that I came across while cycling round Corsica - maybe you could link up in the future? http://www.lefestivalduvent.com/ Anna I’m a kite fan too and know the sense of awe you get when hauled off your feet on the end of a string.

There’s another wind festival that I came across while cycling round Corsica – maybe you could link up in the future?
http://www.lefestivalduvent.com/

Anna

]]> By: Derek http://zerocarbonista.com/2009/09/04/festival-of-innovation-and-500kites/#comment-9161 Derek Fri, 04 Sep 2009 19:49:03 +0000 http://zerocarbonista.com/?p=655#comment-9161 Thanks Paul. I will look forward to seeing the car on the 13th Derek Thanks Paul.

I will look forward to seeing the car on the 13th

Derek

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