It's certainly going great guns here. there are hundreds and hundreds of the windmills in the area.'The sound of money': Wind energy is booming in deep-red Republican states
Wind turbines don't just dot the landscape in Oklahoma; they dominate it.www.cnn.com
Don't they know it causes cancer? Trump wouldn't lie to us.
Money or wind energy?'The sound of money': Wind energy is booming in deep-red Republican states
Wind turbines don't just dot the landscape in Oklahoma; they dominate it.
Don't they know it causes cancer? Trump wouldn't lie to us.
I would call that attitude, defeatist. It's no wonder so many folks feel like victims with that kind of thinking and it's been a mainstay in the gop for decades. Right to the negative and all the reasons something won't or can't work without ever trying.
Not defeatist, realist. As I've already stated, I think wind is great and it's another egg in the basket. But onshore acreage to run wind farms is insane. From the article alone, this one windfarm is spread out over 220,000 acres - roughly 345 square miles. Add that to the other two windfarms in the area - that they don't even mention their size - just for 356 turbines to power 440k homes per year under ideal conditions. This can certainly supplement existing power grid for smaller areas. By way of comparison, NYC alone consumes north of 50 terawatts per year. Isn't enough land to even touch that.
Yup, the only way for wind to even come close to matching the output of fossil fuels is to blanket every available land space on Earth with wind farms, and even then it would not be enough.
The limit would be in the amount of land. We don't have enough in this country to power every household with wind. Each turbine of the size in this story needs a certain amount of space in between the next. If they are too close, they can cause turbulence in the area making them less efficient.
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Actually the main idea of a zero emission sustainable energy future, is that Wind, Solar, Hydro, Geothermal, ect,
Have any of these wind mills met a strong tornado yet?'The sound of money': Wind energy is booming in deep-red Republican states
Wind turbines don't just dot the landscape in Oklahoma; they dominate it.
Don't they know it causes cancer? Trump wouldn't lie to us.
Haven't you heard? We have Google now! If you go to Google and type in that question you'll find out. Ain't that great? I'm surprised you haven't heard about it since you're so up on current issues and all. I guess far right media hasn't told you about windmills and tornados. Don't worry, I'm sure Tucker will get to it eventually.
Well, my experience with search engines is they give information overload of the most common searches. It's often hard to find something more specific.
I think the short answer is yes, but the article does not specifically say it.
Downbursts from thunderstorms can do the same.
Some results are favored, some are hard to find.
The limit would be in the amount of land. We don't have enough in this country to power every household with wind. Each turbine of the size in this story needs a certain amount of space in between the next. If they are too close, they can cause turbulence in the area making them less efficient.
How Much Land Is Needed for Wind Turbines?
Wind turbines need a lot of space to work correctly, however, there are discrepancies as to how much space there should be between turbines. The rule-of-thumb for wind farms is 7 rotor diameters between turbines and 150 meters away from obstructions for residental systems.
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True enough!
The limit would be in the amount of land. We don't have enough in this country to power every household with wind. Each turbine of the size in this story needs a certain amount of space in between the next. If they are too close, they can cause turbulence in the area making them less efficient.
How Much Land Is Needed for Wind Turbines?
Wind turbines need a lot of space to work correctly, however, there are discrepancies as to how much space there should be between turbines. The rule-of-thumb for wind farms is 7 rotor diameters between turbines and 150 meters away from obstructions for residental systems.
Natural gas sure. Wind and solar would be a supplement to existing grid at best. If you saw my earlier post on NYC's yearly energy consumption alone, you can do the math on acreage needed just to supply that high density, small geographical area. Unless we change how we consume energy or if things become amazingly more efficient, not gonna happen. I do agree that the US needs to free itself from hostile areas providing oil and do more at home.