Comments on: Jay Leno’s Garage Gets A Vertical Wind Turbine

By: David

David — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 08:06:59 +0000

Interesting article. Actually, the first time I ever heard of vertical turbines was from Jay Leno. Good stuff!

By: Uncle B

Uncle B — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 02:10:46 +0000

The end of cheap oil is here, and the end of oil is near! Getting OPEC to come clean about honestly measured reserves is a hard task for sure. We can’t wait for them to tell us when they are down to the last few shipments, and the Obama boys best get on it before it is too late. Personal Windmills may soon be the only way to boil water for tea in the U.S. as we are far too slow in developing Wind and solar on big enough scale to compensate for the coming end of oil. We cannot afford to go nuclear, we need this limited supply resource for Strategic military uses first. We have already dipped deep into the world’s supply of fuel for reactors and must realize that it is finite and soon to end also. Solar, Wind, Wave, Tidal, Hydro and Geothermal are the infinite, perpertual, renewable sustainable power sources we have access to right now in practical useable form. We pray for fusio, Zero-point electric, and various perpetual motion devices but we don’t have them in our hands, and must concentrate on developing current day realities, or we can turn Iraq and Iran into glassy, radioactive parking lots for Hummers, and steal the oil there, and live with the guilt for a while? Like Hiroshema, it passes and is covered with the lies of historians, and is not of great consequence to a truly capitalist mind, just one more option we have in our hands.I like Wind better myself

By: Windy

Windy — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 15:09:08 +0000

Caution folks… 28 MPH winds… are they happening most of the time? some of the time? How much wind is at this site? Ask if they are certified to be grid tied? no brake? and how do you stop it, in the event of a problem or maintainance?

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Wed, 11 Jun 2008 18:14:41 +0000

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By: Keith A. Heikkinen

Keith A. Heikkinen — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 03:37:06 +0000

Not so great, but a lot of hype. I made a special stop in to see the good PacWind folks in LA and inquired about buying a number of these for a LEED project my company is doing in San Francisco. Have e-mailed, left messages and never hear back from them since myself and the VP of our company visited. Seems all you hear about is the one Jay Leno VWT and that Ed Begley likes them. Otherwise, seems there is little beyond that and they don’t seem interested in selling any. Not sure I understand why.

By: Andy Allenberg

Andy Allenberg — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 04:36:47 +0000

I am so happy that people are taking advantage of what Nature offers to us. I have always advocated the use of natural materials, such as water and wind. I live on a mountain and if I wasn`t so poor, I could construct such a vertical wind turbine. I think that this is absolutely fantastic.

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Wed, 30 May 2007 21:36:43 +0000

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By: Solomon Broad

Solomon Broad — Tue, 29 May 2007 20:00:15 +0000

Perhaps such high profile people as Jay Leno having this technology will inspire others to look into it.

By: Frances

Frances — Tue, 29 May 2007 18:52:48 +0000

I didn’t even know these things existed. Just like Jay Leno to use the latest new technology. I was very much taken by the cabinet he uses to clean dirty parts using nothing but water and vibration. No toxic compounds, very clean.

Mr. Leno, I hope you get to enjoy your garage for decades to come!

An automotive fan [although using somewhat more modest means to express my appreciation for cars]