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- glinsvad, on 05/20/2008, -0/+69Wind Turbine Destruction (shorter):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7nSB1SdVHqQ - castevens, on 05/20/2008, -0/+38They buy the turbines on Amazon... free shipping on orders > $25.
- PinkFloydFan, on 05/20/2008, -0/+24Wow, that was A LOT cooler! And not a Rick Roll, bonus points.
- garywoo, on 05/20/2008, -1/+17They are bolted together from the inside, glue doesn't really work well for 100 ton generators.
- shaXian, on 05/20/2008, -0/+9Because there is a longer version of the video, too.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UbtO3Ke-XrM - Shawn4168, on 05/20/2008, -0/+8YOU MUST CONSTRUCT ADDITIONAL PYLONS
- rangermatt, on 05/20/2008, -0/+8I prefer this one, thanks to the great "explosion" sound: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3FZtmlHwcA&feature ...
- TheAtomicMoose, on 05/20/2008, -0/+8Woah, clouds are sweet.
- ginnipig, on 05/20/2008, -0/+7the two guys that ride up on top of the turbine housing have some balls! thats one ride i wouldn't want to fall off.
- nizzy1115, on 05/20/2008, -2/+8When the windmills cost say 3 million each, does that come with installation also? It has to be expensive for those machines and manpower and shipping.
- noseeme, on 05/20/2008, -0/+6Because the video wasn't five days long.
- Clugenheim, on 05/20/2008, -0/+5You're absolutely wright!
- inactive, on 05/20/2008, -0/+5theres tons more humans, not enough energy though.
- StuartGibson, on 06/14/2009, -0/+5If you've ever been close to one of these they move a hell of a lot faster than you'd think looking from a distance, even in relatively light winds. There should be an automatic brake that stops the turbine when wnid speed is too high, presumably it had failed on these examples.
The first thing I thought of when I saw it collapse was the scene in Contact where the bomb is set off when they're first running the machine. - mark076h, on 05/20/2008, -0/+5No, most of these new wind turbines can detect which way the wind is blowing and pivot 360 degrees to position itself for optimal performance.
- EricSancho, on 05/20/2008, -1/+6Is it normal to have a strange urge to attack those giants with a spear?
- Rocketman1882, on 05/20/2008, -1/+5Huzzah, my conservative town is finally turning more green.
- shaXian, on 05/20/2008, -0/+4The one featured in this video is one of ten in a $16 million project that included purchase and installation.
- noseeme, on 05/20/2008, -0/+4Wow, wind turbines are the latest Digg (and Reddit) fad. At least this is one fad I'm happy to play along with!!!
- noseeme, on 05/20/2008, -1/+5Not funny in this context. Don't give up on the whole humour thing though.
- glinsvad, on 05/20/2008, -0/+4On the second video posted by rangermatt above, the wind is much more visible...
I'm pretty sure the generator was enganged the whole time and that, without brakes, the high winds simply made the mill spin out of control. - sesstreets, on 05/20/2008, -1/+5THEY TAKE FOUR DAYS!? Are you kidding me? There needs to be more.
- Dennisisok, on 05/20/2008, -2/+5Ugly? I think they are rather pretty.
- StuartGibson, on 06/14/2009, -0/+3I agree, but their installation is pretty limited at the minute, I suspect if they become common and cover huge swathes of the country they could become a little invasive.
- redcard, on 05/20/2008, -2/+5Oil derricks are just as ugly. So is oil piping. What would you do with the oil after we pull it out of ANWR? Send it by sea or over the crumbling apart Alaska Pipeline?
If we put solar panels on the roofs of every building in the US, we'd have enough to power the US's energy needs right now. - GreyFlcn, on 05/20/2008, -0/+3That isn't really a problem with these wind turbines.
http://www.ecogeek.org/content/view/1476/86/ - awtripp, on 05/20/2008, -0/+3I can't be sure, as I am not an expert in wind-turbinology, but I do know that you are spelling incorrectly. Or, in another word, WRONG.
- malanic, on 05/21/2008, -0/+3That was interesting. They look very promising. I don't know why some people buried you.
- garywoo, on 05/20/2008, -0/+3There are no people riding on top, there is an open hatch, and the hook from the crane, but no people.
- SlipStream89, on 05/20/2008, -0/+2Any one else notice the high def link under the # of views?
- inactive, on 05/20/2008, -0/+2he was busy forecasting $150 oil:
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&si ... - inactive, on 05/20/2008, -1/+3Very cool. I always love all the wind turbines on I-580 on your way to or from I-5 in or out of the Bay Area, and also outside of Palm Springs as well.
- hauntedchippy, on 05/20/2008, -1/+3Thats humans dying you tool
- jftitan, on 05/20/2008, -0/+2The long version of this video... all I looked at was the clouds. Its amazing what the weather is like during time laps videos.
- mestefantro, on 05/21/2008, -0/+2I logged in just to digg your comment.
- u8eR, on 05/20/2008, -0/+2Doesn't look very windy.
- Dennisisok, on 05/20/2008, -0/+2I'd love to see a few thousand more of these things pop up. I find them strangely beautiful.
- hauntedchippy, on 05/20/2008, -0/+2Hey I never thought of it like that, we could help solve the population problem this way.
Actually ***** it, lets just use people to fuel the furnaces. - GreyFlcn, on 05/20/2008, -0/+2Interesting.
But I find this reconcepted wind turbine using jet engine physics to be fascinating :P
Anyone wanna digg this?
http://www.ecogeek.org/content/view/1476/86/ - kevinsboy, on 05/21/2008, -0/+1This video is a bit fishy, when they label the "stator and the rotor" at the beginning of the clip its pointing to turbine blades. At the end when they show the schematic of the traditional turbines they scaled down the blades. Also I'm not an expert on wind mills but in this whole concept they never showed the location of the generator.
- dohidied, on 05/20/2008, -0/+1Nope, I did too. Maybe we're just weird.
- p51d007, on 05/21/2008, -0/+1Cool idea, but, put them in the plains states, mainly "tornado alley" and one good tornado and down they come.
But, at least before they come down, they will be producing some serious electricity for a short period of time ;) - itzdank, on 05/21/2008, -0/+1There are about 100 very large bolts holding each section of the tower together.
- kommit99, on 05/21/2008, -0/+1If you look at the clouds, they are moving in a completely different direction, blown by the wind, and the air turbine is pointing in a different direction. Seems like some one messed up.
- shaXian, on 05/21/2008, -0/+1Uhhh. You're kidding right? If i'd have shopped that I'd at least have rotoscoped those awful powerlines out of the frame.
Hmmm. irony. Remove the power lines from a movie about a device to harness power.
...and he disappeared in a puff of logic. - Seidoger, on 05/20/2008, -0/+1Just like the wind
- IVIrMP3, on 05/21/2008, -0/+1They turn themselves. DUH! They each have a ultrasonic wind sensor to sense the direction. And if they're anything like the GE 1.5's they will communicate with each other to find the mean wind direction. It's also a backup feature in case the sensor failed. They also turn the blades about 80 degrees and apply a brake so it stops turning in high winds.
- itzdank, on 05/22/2008, -0/+1You're right. I meant gusts. 60-70 mph is fairly common with gusts reaching 90mph. We try not to go up in those situations, but it happens.
- Aksumka, on 05/20/2008, -0/+1Was anyone more interested in watching the sky than the construction?
- toddhenkel, on 05/21/2008, -0/+1Better than watching a coal or nuclear plant self destruct...
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