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Do you like the idea of wind turbines enough to live this close to them? [Locked] |
Vydor  Posts: 248
Registered: 2001-12-24 21:14:09
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1/1/00 12:00am
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Do you like the idea of wind turbines enough to live this close to them? |
I grew up near the oil refineries in SE Texas, I'd prefer some wind turbines to those things.
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Yukishiro1  Posts: 3,243
Registered: 2002-9-20 23:52:57
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LadyGodiva. posted:
If they weren't so damn ugly...
The dutch did them right.
There was a lot of handwringing when windmills first came into vogue in the netherlands about them ruining the landscapes.
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Yukishiro1 Posts: 3,243
Registered: 2002-9-20 23:52:57
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Crackdoc posted:
It's the cities that use the most power
I doubt this is true on a per-capita basis. I suspect people living in rural areas use a lot more power per capita, for a variety of reasons.
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reesescups Title: //Captain America
Posts: 2,537
Registered: 2003-5-26 14:45:53
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Do you like the idea of wind turbines enough to live this close to them? |
Eternal_Midnight posted:
Bjorvald posted:
Would be interesting to understand this more since fracking occurs thousands of feet under the water table.
The EPA has issued reports that directly show fracking compounds found in water wells.
Not to mention the increased earthquake activity triggered by the process...
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Vydor Posts: 248
Registered: 2001-12-24 21:14:09
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Do you like the idea of wind turbines enough to live this close to them? |
reesescups posted:
Eternal_Midnight posted:
Bjorvald posted:
Would be interesting to understand this more since fracking occurs thousands of feet under the water table.
The EPA has issued reports that directly show fracking compounds found in water wells.
Not to mention the increased earthquake activity triggered by the process...
So, we really DO have earthquake machines!!!
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reesescups Title: //Captain America
Posts: 2,537
Registered: 2003-5-26 14:45:53
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Vydor posted:
So, we really DO have earthquake machines!!!
Pretty much - yeah...
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imaloon1  Posts: 674
Registered: 2003-9-15 07:19:53
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I love the idea of wind energy... Unfortunately we use the worst and most destructive turbine design for no real apparent reason...
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reesescups Title: //Captain America
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Registered: 2003-5-26 14:45:53
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imaloon1 posted:
I love the idea of wind energy... Unfortunately we use the worst and most destructive turbine design for no real apparent reason...
It is apparent that some people don't want wind energy to succeed...
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Ashmaele Title: Pastor of Muppets
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Registered: 2002-1-15 08:30:50
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Do you like the idea of wind turbines enough to live this close to them? |
paulg_68 posted:
Wind turbines and solar are not reliable. While they can both produce a lot of energy, you still have to maintain a backup coal plant to ensure the steady supply of power.
Nuclear tho
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ZigmundZag Title: Grammar Nazi
Posts: 1,211
Registered: 2002-3-25 23:03:00
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1/1/00 12:00am
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Do you like the idea of wind turbines enough to live this close to them? |
Battery tech has a ways to go until solar and wind energy can replace traditional power sources, but the backup plant doesn't need to be coal. Natural gas will do just fine.
I think it's funny that people are complaining about the aesthetics of wind generators. Are coal or nuclear plants so awesome that people are begging to live near them or something?
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