Cynus wrote:Still, 20,000 acres to generate only 200MW seems like a waste of space. Maybe In the Australian outback it's OK for one or two but it could never be widely adopted. They should just take the $750 million it will cost and put the solar panels on people's roofs.
SHiFTY wrote:It is starting to look like a classic scam, all the original investment money has disappeared, the founders are trying to get more, and the project has been massively scaled down, while still no permits have been issued or ground broken after decades.
However by then the cost of the energy to impliment it might be so high as to make it totally unaffordable.dhfenton wrote:My understanding of this is that the technology is very sound; but the cost seems prohibitive. Perhaps it will resurrect itself if the peak does arrive.
Wow that's quite a drop going from 1000m to 400m!Alas, the dream is over. Strapped for cash, and begging the Australian government for additional funds, Enviromission decided to downsize the tower to 400 m (1333 ft) without much fanfare.
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