Kite Energy

There is a site called TED, linked here, where there are hundreds of videos on a wide range of topics. I found the site through a LeaderShape email and I haven't been able to stop watching.

The video I want to talk about is about producing wind energy from kites, the video can be found here. Apparently, the windmills that I love are really quite ineffective when you consider what they could do if they were taller. This guy and his team are working on actually tapping the energy of the wind about 2000 feet, where it is much stronger than the wind at the 300 foot level, which is where the tallest windmills are located.

The wind from a fleet of kites which can be produced in ten years would be enough to meet the goals that have been talked about being necessary to reach in order to halt global warming.

Thoughts?