Here’s an article from NPR that provides a partial explanation for the slow adoption of wind energy in the U.S.: misinformation. Americans seem to have a voracious appetite for BS, regardless of the subject matter, and that hunger is amplified …
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Mini Wind Turbines
When you see artists’ renderings of the same renewable energy concept year after year, and never a photograph of one actually working, this should be a sign unto you, one that reads: This idea has no validity in the real …
Republicans Make Some Truly Asinine Comments
It’s hard to disagree with this. I’m always amazed at the twisted arguments the ultra-right raises about the common sense measures that our society is taking to protect itself against the threats it’s facing. Aren’t they ashamed of themselves? There …
Wind Turbines, A Blight?
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, but I’ll grant that wind farms are less attractive than open areas of land or sea. Having said that: Wind farms are cited in areas with exceptional wind velocities, and no one …
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France Faces Issues with Wind Turbines
A friend sent me this piece for comment, presenting the objection that some people in southern France have to wind turbines. Most of it focuses on the issue of the disposal of wind turbine blades that are decommissioned in favor …
Wind Turbines
Here’s a good investment of six minutes of your time; it’s a video on how wind turbines are made. What I didn’t understand until just now is the technology and workmanship that goes into creating the foundation such that the …
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If Hydrokinetics Is Going To Work, It Won’t Look Like This
Like wind turbines, devices intended to extract kinetic energy out of moving water are limited in their generation capacity by their “swept area,” i.e. the area of the imaginary circle made by tips of the blades.
Pipeline Leakages All Too Common
Pipelines that leak some toxic effluent into our waterways are such frequent occurrences that they barely make the news. In that respect, they’re rather like car accidents, cancer diagnoses, house fires or mass shootings: they’re tragic, but so common we …
Do Offshore Wind Towers Actually Improve Aquatic Habitats?
We need to be extremely skeptical anytime we hear someone say, “Here’s a man-made change I’m going to make into a natural habitat that is actually going to help the native species thrive.” This is normally equivalent to saying, “I …
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Some People Find Wind Turbines To Be Ugly
Regarding the aesthetics of wind turbines, Glenn Doty writes: It’s a matter of opinion and taste. For as long as I’ve been alive, I’ve seen windmills on postcards and paintings… expressions of beauty. The sleek towers today look far different …
