{"id":51161,"date":"2015-05-15T16:44:00","date_gmt":"2015-05-15T22:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/05\/15\/blowing-in-the-wind-in-a-new-way.html"},"modified":"2015-05-18T11:04:08","modified_gmt":"2015-05-18T17:04:08","slug":"blowing-in-the-wind-in-a-new-way","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/05\/15\/blowing-in-the-wind-in-a-new-way.html","title":{"rendered":"Blowing in the Wind (in a new way)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A different style of wind turbine, without blades, and, in fact, with minimal moving parts?  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