Power from the Sky 
Well, this was my idea, darn it. And now someone else has beaten me to it. Maybe, I should have joined the club.
Sky Windpower is taking advantage of something we've always known: windspeed is higher at altitude. Only they're going higher than just putting their windmills on a pole. Much higher.
...there is far more than enough energy in high altitude winds, miles above the earth's surface, to supply all the world's power needs.
But the spinning blades that both capture the wind and hold up the platform, would also serve to generate power. That power would be channeled back down the tether, turning the system into a windmill that was located in an area that gets far more wind than any spot on the Earth's surface.
Just remember: I had this idea first. Sure, I didn't actually build anything, or get a patent, or... well, do anything but gab about it. But it's mine, I tell you!
KEYWORDS: wind power, energy, alternate energy
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