Wind Turbines capturing the wind and putting it to work. Wind power is not new.
The wind has been used for centuries but now we are using it again to produce electricity.
I just read about a new sky scraper in China which will incorporate wind power to produce juice for the building.
It is cool you can see the picture and read the article if you click here.
I have a question. What if the wind isn't blowing. I guess they will have back ups and all that stuff that keep the juices flowing if the wind stops blowing. Another silly question. What it the wind blows to hard.
I don't know, just a few question. I believe wind can be captured and is being captured to product electricity but is it a viable option or are we just jumping on the back of another dead horse. What do you think?
According to this cool video WIND POWER WORKS.
A Problem With Wind Power!
Hey, I have to cover both sides of the fence, don't you think. Even if you don't think I should I am gong to anyways. There are those who think wind power is a joke. According to Eric Rosenbloom
Wind power promises a clean and free source of electricity that would reduce our dependence on imported fossil fuels and the output of greenhouse gases and other pollution.
Many governments are therefore promoting the construction of vast wind "farms," encouraging private companies with generous subsidies and regulatory support, requiring utilities to buy from them, and setting up markets for the trade of "green credits" in addition to actual energy.
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) aims to see 5% of our electricity produced by wind turbine in 2010. Energy companies are eagerly investing in wind power, finding the arrangement quite profitable.
A little research, however, reveals that wind power does not in fact live up to the claims made by its advocates [see part I], that its impact on the environment and people's lives is far from benign [see part II], and that with such a poor record and prospect the money spent on it could be much more effectively directed [see part III].
Links to aid the reader's own research are provided throughout this paper as well as at the end [see Links; off-site links will automatically open to a new window or tab]. Click here for an abbreviated version of this paper. Click here for an even briefer version (a handy model for letters). This paper is also available as a 7-page typeset PDF file (156 KB) -- click here.
Tehachapi Pass, California
In 1998, Norway commissioned a study of wind power in Denmark and concluded that it has "serious environmental effects, insufficient production, and high production costs."
Denmark (population 5.3 million) has over 6,000 turbines that produced electricity equal to 19% of what the country used in 2002. Yet no conventional power plant has been shut down.
Because of the intermittency and variability of the wind, conventional power plants must be kept running at full capacity to meet the actual demand for electricity.
Most cannot simply be turned on and off as the wind dies and rises, and the quick ramping up and down of those that can be would actually increase their output of pollution and carbon dioxide (the primary "greenhouse" gas).
So when the wind is blowing just right for the turbines, the power they generate is usually a surplus and sold to other countries at an extremely discounted price, or the turbines are simply shut off. TO READ THE COMPLETE ARTICLE CLICK HERE. THE PROBLEM WITH WIND POWER
Personally I think wind can work but it will not replace popular methods of generating electricity at this time.
I believe we have need to continue moving towards alternative methods but we certainly don't want to do without while we look at green ways to juice up our homes and offices.
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