How it works, why it works and a challenge...

After watching a program like Frontline this evening, I have a renewed spirit to present the case of why a new design of windmill MUST be found. Here's why:

1) 52% of all electricity in the US is produced from coal.
2) 9 1/2 TONS of coal is consumed by every household in America (average household, overall EVERY household).
3) There are 600 coal fired power plants in the US.

These are stats presented on Frontline this evening, so I am assuming they are factual. Here are some things I gleaned from the program (and from my own research) but I am unsure of how they relate to the above:

1) ONE coal fired power plant COMPLETELY consumes an ENTIRE TRAINLOAD of coal in 12 HOURS.
2) 9 1/2 tons of coal is an area of a little more than 6ft x 6ft x 10ft tall. (Every US household uses this ANNUALLY)
3) ONE coal fired plant in the show produces 1300Mw's per HOUR. This is 1,300,000Kwh's produced in ONE hour from ONE power plant.
4) One 1.5Mw windmill produces about 300,000Kwh's PER MONTH and costs ~$2M. Divide 300,000 by 730, the total average hours of each month. That's about 411Kwh's per hour.
5) Based upon the previous line (#4), about 3,163 1.5Mw windmills would be required to replace that ONE plant. At $2m each, that equates to $6,326,000,000 (Folks, that's over 6 BILLION...).
6) It is expected energy consumption will increase 41% by 2020. LESS than twelve years from now.
7) There are 600 plants... $6.326 BILLION multiplied by 600 is...well...it's this much: $3,795,600,000,000 AND it is 1,897,800 1.5Mw windmills.

AND THAT IS ONLY HALF OF IT BECAUSE COAL ONLY PROVIDES 52% OF THE US ELECTRICITY! Now, plug in cars, use your computers, electric cars....? Then, in 12 years find 41% more!

Now here is the challenge: I challenge ANYONE to prove the above facts wrong... or even misleading....

The biggest windmill made is 6Mw's and has a swept area of 70,000 sq ft. I don't think traditional wind is going to get much bigger due to physical restraints. The power per dollar spent is increased the bigger a machine is made -it becomes more efficient - that is why they make them big.

There is a design capable of as much as 250,000 sq. ft...and I can sit down with ANY structural engineer for four hours and they will agree it can be done. How do I know? Because I've done it. In Milwaukee WI is where the structural engineering firm is located.

How do you store it? United Technologies is about to go into mass production of a solar-mirror system that uses molten salts to store the heat during the day (it stores heat hyper efficiently) Then, at 8am, the stored heat is turned into electricity via a steam turbine and the steam turbine is turned off at 5pm.

Why? The highest rate of return from ANY utility company is Monday thru Fri, 8am to 5pm... peak hours. Often a utility will pay three times as much for peak vs. off-peak. I believe I have a system to tie United Technologies' storage system to these 250,000 sq. ft of swept area windmills to store the electricity.

One last thought. These designs of windmills can be built to utilize the air-flow BELOW 100 ft above ground level. A traditional windmill relies on the momentum of the moving wind to 'glance' off the blades and provide motion and uses wind flow 100ft up plus. These designs build a 'back pressure' so it utilizes ground level pressures and the ground actually assists in this by creating an additional barrier. These designs can be installed BELOW EXISTING TRADITIONAL windmills with little to no effect, thereby creating more power yield (about a third, potentially as much as half) from an ALREADY existing windfarm. I NEED SOME HELP!!!!!