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"How can we provide clean energy as cheaply as possible" seems like a pretty big problem we need to solve. Maybe kite power isn't the answer, but it certainly l
by leoedin 7y ago
"How can we provide clean energy as cheaply as possible" seems like a pretty big problem we need to solve. Maybe kite power isn't the answer, but it certainly looked like it could be at one point. It wasn't unreasonable to investigate it.
- davidivadavid 7y agoAnd I wouldn't have made that comment had they stated it that way. The problem with those phony problems is that the success criteria are binary, and not tied to metrics that allow for comparisons with alternatives. If you problem is to generate power with kites, and you have built power-generating kites, then you won. But how good a power source is it in the grander scheme of things? Is it going to move the needle when it comes to CO2 emissions? Again, I don't mind the high school science fair stuff, but I don't think this has a high chance of being the ticket based on fundamentals.