20 amazing wind farm photos
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Posted By Kevin - Thu, Mar 18 2010 at 9:21 AM ESTNo Wind, No Power
You are correct, sir, no wind means no power. But being from Kansas, I very rarely see any of the several hundred turbines in my area that aren't spinning on a regular, consistent basis. See, the thing is, you don't build a wind farm where the wind don't blow. Pretty simple really!
Posted By John S. - Fri, Mar 12 2010 at 9:46 AM ESTWhere does this anti-wind lobby come from?
I have to wonder where you get the data you so recklessly flaunt or what possible agenda you may have? Sure, fission is a good thing to move forward with, now the the oil companies have lost their presidential protector, but wind farms ACTUALLY WORK. We have large numbers of them in this area and they have drastically cut our energy costs and reduced the coal and gas we burn by about 15%. This in addition to the reduced CO2 emissions and cleaner air. We own the utilities here and get to see.... More
Posted By Joe - Sat, Feb 20 2010 at 7:07 PM ESTjbhthree@aol.com
Enter your comments here
Back in the 50s I was living and working in Europe and began climbing in the summers. Among other places, I climbed on the glacier in the Rosenlaui Valley in Switzerland, a little east of the central mountain mass of the big mountains - the Jungfrau, Eiger and Monch. The ice was about 60 to 70 feet thick from surface to base.and it extended deep into the valley. When it thawed in the spring, giant chunks would fall down in avalanches that filled the valley with.... More
Posted By Uncle B - Sat, Feb 20 2010 at 6:32 AM ESTConvulsive Paradigm Shifts
Americans will have to tailor back their oil consumption to that of Europeans as oil prices are pushed up by competition from rising Asian demand. Wind power is clean and perpetual. China respods with "Pebble Bed" reactors and builds nuclear power plants as fast as they canm just to keep the current economic ball rolling - the risk: they are one cascading series of error events away from Armageddon at all times, and will have a nuclear ware problem of insurmountable proprtion very soon..... More
Posted By James Smith - Sun, Feb 07 2010 at 9:07 AM ESTAlternative energy
We are seeing a lot of proposals about pollution, global warming, fossil fuels, and alternative energy sources. I think they are all missing the point. The real problem is too many people on the planet using too much energy. The most basic law of physics is the law of conservation of energy. All energy, from whatever source, eventually becomes heat.
Wind energy? The bird kill problem would be solved by a different design for windmills. Vertical axis designs have been demonstrated.... More
Posted By Herbert - Mon, Feb 15 2010 at 10:27 AM ESTAlternative or Not Alternative?
Yes, it is very well known that in all real-life situations, when energy is converted from one form to another, some of the energy will become heat. James, you are correct in saying this is unavoidable.
However, your proposal to "[r]educe the number of people on the planet by maybe 1/2" is out of the question. It's not a matter of whether or not we can attain perfectly ideal circumstances; it's a matter of increasing the amount of usable energy with the least amount of effort, and the.... More
Posted By MarkmBha - Fri, Feb 05 2010 at 1:04 PM ESTNature.
You can't fool Mother Nature!
Wind has and will be energy for the future.
Wind Machines - modern Fools Gold
Alternative energy is a Green goal but worthless in global terms. No wind = no power. Present day civilization needs a reliable power supply. Wind is so not it! Wind power has to have fossil fuel backup. The average supply from wind farms is a fraction of the oft quoted capacity. Usually 20/25% or less! Only massive subsidies have attracted investors. In those areas where the subsidies have subsided the wind farms lay idle or diminished.
"It is in California where the impact of.... More