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Interesting area to work in. There's huge interest in renewables here in China and a great deal of windy Himalayan mountain peaks that have been covered with w
by contingencies 10y ago
Interesting area to work in.
There's huge interest in renewables here in China and a great deal of windy Himalayan mountain peaks that have been covered with wind generators here in Yunnan province (far southwest China) in the recent past. Also solar and hydro is everywhere. Lots of e-vehicles too, everything from golf buggies to cop cars to buses to taxis to bicycles to cars to old-person mobiles to tractors.
Also coming from Australia with Scottish heritage, I wonder if you could use this to power long distance autonomous e-vehicular trucking through remote high wind land areas?
We also have awesome high altitude lakes for kite surfing (Fuxian in particular), I used to sail Weta trimarans there, but sold them last year. Motor boats are banned. You guys should come visit!
+Wiener's Eighth and Final Law: You can never be too careful about what you put into a digital flight-guidance system.
- Grustaf 10y agoWe're actually in talks with a fellow Scandinavian that lives in Yunnan right now! When I lived in Shaolin a long time ago I did spend some time exploring Yunnan, the mountains are amazing, some of the most stunning views I've ever seen. This was more than 15 years ago and there seemed to be very little interest in electrical vehicles or renewable energy, I'm happy to hear things have improved! SkySails have been exploring pulling large ships with kites, but I don't think it's very practical for trucks, then it makes more sense to go via electricity. Apart from the impracticality, there are also pretty subtle reasons of efficiency. They did use kites to pull vehicles in Ancient China though!