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March is Women's History Month!

Can Civilization Be Powered By Wind: Part II

Last week I posted a video that discussed tapping the vast energy reserves locked up in wind power at high altitude. The idea is to use kites or floating turbines farms cabled to the power grid. Lest you think this is entirely crazy here is a video of a prototype of a floating turbine.

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Adam Frank was a contributor to the NPR blog 13.7: Cosmos & Culture. A professor at the University of Rochester, Frank is a theoretical/computational astrophysicist and currently heads a research group developing supercomputer code to study the formation and death of stars. Frank's research has also explored the evolution of newly born planets and the structure of clouds in the interstellar medium. Recently, he has begun work in the fields of astrobiology and network theory/data science. Frank also holds a joint appointment at the Laboratory for Laser Energetics, a Department of Energy fusion lab.