2006-01-23

astrometry statistics, wind power

I figured out on the plane to CA that it is impossible (well, hard) to do analytic estimates for success and failure rates for our quad system of blind astrometry without a simulation. I will write that next.

I tried to estimate the amount of power available to the Earth from wind power. I got about 5 watts per square meter, assuming strong winds but inefficient generators. That ain't much power. What does the industry say?

2 comments:

  1. windpower.org says hundreds of W per square meter, but it assumes perfect turbines and perfect generators.

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  2. The industry also says that Hogg is a free-thinking anarchist who must be destroyed.

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