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Oops, sorry, read that as 1MW for some reason.

Why not East Bay or South Bay, or anywhere but the peninsula?

Terrorism is too real in that part of the world unfortunately as you already know. A 1KW windmill will turn into a 3 ton pile of smoldering scrap metal if the right mouths aren't continuously fed. Also the idea is de-centralizing power generation to skip the transmission step where all the leakage exists.

Hey good luck. I am from the same part of the world and agree 100%. I should point out though that there is widespread use of UPS and generators. Not sure if people will go completely off the grid, but initially you are definitely a 'cheaper generator', if cheaper. Like you said its a cash-based economy, and people don't like to put a lot of money up front even if it means savings in the long run, so how will you combat the high initial investment? I do think this is the viable solution. Also you should look into transmission losses. I have heard power lines there are between 30% and 50% lossy.

Absolutely. Unfortunately I know many, many who have a few tens of millions; unfortunately^2 I am not one of them. People say it's the Chinese buyers with the all cash offers, but I see locals do it left, right, and center with money made in SV within the last few years.

These are list prices, we are finding list and sale prices are quite different in the Bay Area. Folks list low on their realtor's advice to ignite bidding wars. And bid buyers do. On the plus side now we are hearing from our realtor and others that prices are stabilizing (i.e. not going up as fast, but definitely not coming down). Still hugely unaffordable for most.

Garry is a hero. He is extremely nice, very kind, and has more empathy for the founder than anyone I know. Whatever he does next, I wish him happiness and success.

"to Randall Bennett for being such a nice guy."

Not surprised. The guy is a really that nice.

All of the photos in the article show consumer electronic devices. Could I use it with, say, furniture manufacturing / aftermarket car parts / leather goods manufacturing?

This could go on. :) Congrats guys!!

Heck yes! Alas not a filmmaker but I have wanted something very nearly like this forever. I go horseback riding regularly, mostly through relatively open areas (county parks / regional preserves / city trails etc). I have wanted a drone that can carry a GoPro (or something) to capture footage of our rides (sometimes we go through some gorgeous country that we really wish we could capture on video).

However, here is the kicker, because we ride at a fast trot or canter, I can't actively control the quad. Instead, I must be able to passively control it. It must perform specific, pre-defined actions based on my position, speed, and heading while flying, steering, and maneuvering without receiving any input directly from me. It should continually adjust its position and flight path based on my speed according to the rules I pre-define. For example, after takeoff with the camera turned on, the drone ought to stay ahead of me, say 30 feet ahead and 20 feet off the ground. Then if I start moving faster than 10 mph it should come to my side about 30° (10 o'clock). If I continue at this speed for more than a minute it should do a slow semi circle around me and come to the 2 o'clock point for a minute. If I keep going it should... etc etc. I don't care if I have to program the drone in code or through a UI, I just want to be able to define lots and lots of rules (based on the terrain of the day). Of course it would need to protect itself from running into trees and walls, or any other objects while trying to follow my rules as closely as possible.

You have my attention.