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slang · 01-04-2003, 12:47 PM

Very interesting concept and photo.

I'd be interested in some more details. It doesnt seem it would be cost effective. Not including the cost of the actual tower , the canopy would appear to cover (?) 2.25 sq miles. Thats a lot of canopy thats high temp resistent, scatchproof clear, etc,etc.

On the other hand, I wouldnt be directly funding this experiment with tax money (or are we giving them some grant or something?). More power to them.

The engineers and designers know the design criteria and I obviously dont. It would seem more practical to use the canopy for some type of photoelectric cells though.

01-04-2003, 12:47 PM	#2
slang St Petersburg, Florida Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 3,423	Very interesting concept and photo. I'd be interested in some more details. It doesnt seem it would be cost effective. Not including the cost of the actual tower , the canopy would appear to cover (?) 2.25 sq miles. Thats a lot of canopy thats high temp resistent, scatchproof clear, etc,etc. On the other hand, I wouldnt be directly funding this experiment with tax money (or are we giving them some grant or something?). More power to them. The engineers and designers know the design criteria and I obviously dont. It would seem more practical to use the canopy for some type of photoelectric cells though. __________________ FTFF Last edited by slang; 01-04-2003 at 01:17 PM.