cleantechnica.com — The town of Rock Port, in Missouri, is another of the growing number of towns and cities laying claim to be powered entirely by a renewable energy. And though the small town only boasts a population of 1,300, it is the first community in the United States to be powered entirely by wind power.
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stunner21Jul 24, 2008
So when theres no wind are they going to get all the residents to blow in the direction of the propellors? Those farms are so inefficient it makes them fairly unviable for large scale use. When they've come up with an environmentally friendly technology that works as well as nuclear power or coal then come talk to me, untill then just put money into research instead of wasting money on pointless gimick power.
brundlefly76Jul 25, 2008
Its the future for certain places. Wind turbines only work in very specific areas of the US where there is substantial wind. This is why you see them going up in the Texas panhandle alot.
daddiogigJul 25, 2008
Leave it to a guy calling himself BulgyMoose to fall for this bulls**t hype. Some people think they are green just by acknowledging this kind of crap.
alicynxJul 25, 2008
I think that something major is being missed here. Nuclear energy produces this horrible stuff we label 'toxic waste'. Its really disgusting stuff, and pretty much kills everything it comes into contact with. On the other hand, what is the byproduct of wind energy?Yes, birds' lives are an issue - they are being rerouted with the use of netting now, and in the future we will surely come up with some way to divert their paths to avoid any danger.Most of these wind farms are being placed in barren areas where people wouldn't live anyway - negating the argument they're ugly (i disagree, a nuclear reactor is FAR uglier to me than a windmill) and take up too much space. Overall, wind energy is greener than nuclear, hands down. Isn't there an argument brewing about a federal radioactive waste dump site in Nevada? (<a class="user" href="http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2008/06/05/9431/)">http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2008/06/05/943 ...</a>Green can be conservative too, you know. Nuclear is just a bad choice all around, take it from someone who has lived most of her life within 50 miles of a reactor (Hanford, Trojan, WHPPS, etc).
alicynxJul 25, 2008
Actually, Portland is powered using several green sources - wind, solar, and biomass being just a few. (<a class="user" href="http://www.greenpoweroregon.com/green-power/renewable-energy-options.aspx)">http://www.greenpoweroregon.com/green-power/renewa ...</a>We are in the forefront of a mational movement to get greener power sources, and I sincerely hope that the rest of the country follows our example!
n4lifeAug 21, 2008
Solar power is the future, nuclear power is the past. We invest in Nuclear power, fall behind the rest of the world, let them continue to laugh at us and then we blow ourselves up. Hooray!
n4lifeAug 21, 2008
I do not specifically know more about this town. What I do know is the wind does not have to be blowing all the time to produce energy. I have a battery in my home, it stores energy converted from my solar panels so on a cloudy day it can release as needed.