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China Launches a Power Station 4,000 Meters Up in the Sky
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☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆ lemmy.ml yogthos@lemmy.ml
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redbrick lemmy.world redbrick@lemmy.world
Joined: 2025-03-01
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can they fly that thingy over my house so I can get some shade and generate power? My electric bills are going as high as that thingy.

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lettruthout lemmy.world lettruthout@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-11
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Isn’t that a picture of an airship, not a power station?

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verdigris lemmy.ml verdigris@lemmy.ml
Joined: 2020-06-23
#4 · (edited) Quote Reply

Isn’t that a picture of an airship, not a power station?

The power station is airship shaped. The picture does look like it could be a render, not sure.

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lettruthout lemmy.world lettruthout@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-11
#5 · Quote Reply

The power station is airship shaped. The picture does look like it could be a render, not sure.

Here’s a real picture, with the big turbines visible…

From this article…
https://pandaily.com/china-s4000-high-altitude-wind-power-sep2026

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eldavi lemmy.ml eldavi@lemmy.ml
Joined: 2023-07-18
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can they fly that thingy over my house so I can get some shade and generate power? My electric bills are going as high as that thingy.

it'll be more effective to throw some spray paint on your nearest data center. lol

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doubtingtammy lemmy.ml doubtingtammy@lemmy.ml
Joined: 2024-02-27
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This is so cool, but it probably has to be really far from air traffic. I imagine a bunch of these like 100 miles off the coast, providing electricity to a desalination plant and hydrogen generator on the coast

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ShinkanTrain lemmy.ml ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml
Joined: 2024-06-13
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Can I order one for Bond villain reasons

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ZeroHora lemmy.ml ZeroHora@lemmy.ml
Joined: 2023-08-02
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Here’s a real picture, with the big turbines visible… From this article… https://pandaily.com/china-s4000-high-altitude-wind-power-sep2026

I think you linked to the wrong article: China tests Boeing 747-length airship airborne wind turbine at 4,000 metres .

It genuinely pisses me off how cooked "journalism" is that they don't even bother with their pictures, and it's even worse when they just use AI generated images.

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