Louis Michad and his The Atmospheric Vortex Engine:
The energy released by a large hurricane can exceed the energy consumption of the human race for a whole year, and even an average tornado has a power similar to that of a large power station. If only mankind could harness that energy, rather than being at its mercy! [...] Louis Michaud [...] believes he has devised a way to do just that, by generating artificial whirlwinds that can be controlled and harnessed. He calls his invention... the Atmospheric Vortex Engine!(Kirbyesque emphasis added.)