Comments on: Dan Zaslavsky’s Tower That Vacuums Up Greenhouse Gases

By: Juan M. Serres

Juan M. Serres — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 09:37:08 +0000

I found the E.T. idea fascinating but I am a bit dissappointed and intrigued to see that the project has not been started after 25 years. If the project is feasible I cannot believe there is no money to put it into practice.
Juan

By: Gz

Gz — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 14:11:03 +0000

do any exist today and how long would one take to be constructed

By: Claire :)

Claire :) — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 21:53:22 +0000

I am on the debate team at my high school and i am running energy towers as my affirmative case. i think energy towers are an amazing idea and this site is very helpful for finding information.

By: Derrick

Derrick — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 23:28:43 +0000

How much will this project cost and how many are going to be put up.

By: Thawan Kesmala

Thawan Kesmala — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 02:46:55 +0000

Can I combine Energy Tower with Solar Chimney in a simple way exploiting chimney and reversed chimney effects?

By: Karin

Karin — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 21:57:52 +0000

Nice comment on the comment, Jack! You give me hope.

By: rpophessagr

rpophessagr — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 16:06:52 +0000

TZ, thanks for your comment!
I do not think that anyone wants ANY power plant in their backyard. The beauty of this Energy Tower is that it has the potential of converting entire inhabitable regions, in an environmentally friendly way, into a place that CAN be habitable.
The problems you raise can be dealt with, whether by placing trees around the tower’s base to break up the wind created, or placing nets so that birds do not fall victim to progress.
Did you know that 90% of the Earth’s population lives in 10% of the Earth’s landmass? Maybe that can be changed without harming our planet. Here is a possible solution…

By: TZ

TZ — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 09:39:19 +0000

Where would you propose such a thing would “live?” It looks massive…I wouldn’t want one in my back yard that’s for sure. And would it create more wind in the neighborhood? What about birds? Won’t they get sucked down into that giant monster. Seems preposterous to me…