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When several years ago, Malta decided to build a new university, they sent expert engineers to examine how universities were built in Sweden. Sweden is a land where the sun is very rarely seen. So, the Swedes built their universities with their sides of glass facing the sun to absorb as much sun as possible.

The experts came to Malta and did the same idea. When the university was ready, it was discovered that it was a place fit to bake humans. They had to invent shades for the windows.

Now, the same thing is happening with the wind energy. These rotors were invented for the land of Denmark where the land is all flat and mostly under water. So, the Maltese authorities are obsessed with the idea of building the wind farms on water. They forget that Malta is blessed with several hills, not flat like Denmark. The hills are bare, nothing grows on them because of the force of the wind that blows over them. Malta is a hilly country, from north to the extreme south. Bare hills that are useless except for this purpose of wind power.
by Fran (fran at eurotrib dot com) on Wed Jul 23rd, 2008 at 03:14:13 PM EST
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That article put all of the guys at the wind company I work for in stitches. We particularly like the line 'they would be much better than the three thin blades of a spitfire' when he talks about using the 'world-renowned Malta' wind turbine (we think he means the full circle, many bladed ones you see in little house on the prairie).
by darrkespur on Thu Jul 24th, 2008 at 05:23:11 AM EST
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Perhaps they meant this design?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maltese_cross

;-)

by Metatone (metatone [a|t] gmail (dot) com) on Thu Jul 24th, 2008 at 07:12:01 AM EST
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