azsustainably.com — A review of the U.S. Dept. of Energy's report concerning the development of wind power to produce 20% of U.S. electricity by the year 2030. This discussion highlights interesting points of the report (e.g., wind turbines kill fewer birds than house cats and will save billions of gallons of water for the southwest) and suggests we work harder to get
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nonleftistdiggrMay 28, 2008
You're talking orders of maginitude in quantity.... not even comparable
bsmangMay 28, 2008
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digital56kMay 29, 2008
Supplies are low for sunlight for 12-16 hours per day, and wind power varies.
ratexlaMay 29, 2008
With a bit of luck...In the meantime... I think someone observed eagles learning to avoid the blades in their own lifetime even. But I could be wrong. :p
trinitronxMay 29, 2008
Pretty much. Talk to some engineers and you'll start to realize how ridiculous this whole idea is. It's amazingly Infeasible, and not just by time constraint.
jlouteyMay 29, 2008
This statistic seems kind of misleading. How about "Wind turbines will lead to almost twice as many bird deaths as house cats alone." I mean seriously, cats do kill a lot of birds. But really the better slogan should be "Who gives a f**k about the birds, we're trying to prevent Armageddon here."