Here’s a concept in small wind for readers to check out. A few points:

It’s not new.  A few years ago, there was a nearly identical idea that came and went, when investors came to understand that this concept, as all the others, were dead in the water.

They have an “axial flux generator.”  Really?  Having we all seen “Back to the Future?” Making up technobabble like the “flux capacitor” gets laughs, but that’s about it.

The fact that climate change poses a huge threat doesn’t mean that every yo-yo idea in renewable energy makes sense.

There is a reason, based on physics, that vertical axis wind turbines are not competitive with their horizontal counterparts and do not exist in the enormous industry of wind energy.

The wind conditions on our roofs are impeded by trees and neighboring buildings.  That’s the reason that wind farms are located in remote areas with incredible wind resources.  No one would like to live in a place like Tehachapi, California with gale-force winds.

The spokesperson’s idea that he’s raising investor capital to engineer the product because “you to have the recipe before you bake the cookies” is catchy, but this is a recipe that clearly cannot exist.

Concept in Small Wind

There must be a reason that our life expectancy here in the United States is slipping, while people in other countries in the developed world are living longer, healthier lives.

Is it that, on average, 12 children and shot and killed, and another 26 are injured, each day in the United States? No, but that is a contributing factor.

It’s largely that healthcare is made available to Americans only of the basis of profitability for the insurance companies.

From Cornell University:

In an oft-cited study, as many as 66.5% of people who file for bankruptcy blame medical bills as the primary cause. As many as 550,000 people file for bankruptcy each year for this reason. This data has been known for many years and has continued even with the passage of the Affordable Care Act.

The Tragedy of U.S. Healthcare

I doubt too many people, idiots or otherwise, believe that folks coming across the border with no skills or familiarity with English are stealing their jobs, or that they’re getting mortgages and buying up all the property.

In many ways we are a nation of gullible morons, but there’s a limit here.

What Do “Silly Little Idiots” Believe?