Today it is freezing cold and, as it always is when temperatures drop and we have a heavy frost, the air is PERFECTLY STILL?
All of the massively expensive (both in financial and natural resources terms) and environmentally unsightly wind turbines are stationary. Where are we getting the power for our heating? Coal, gas, oil and nuclear power of course.
Perhaps the answer is to build huge fans, powered by coal, gas, oil or nuclear power, and site them in front of the wind turbines so they still work when the air is still.
2007-02-04 19:36:46 · 7 answers · asked by Essex Ron 5 in Environment
Sorry Christy R, back to school. The electricity we use to power our homes isn't stored - it is literally genberated to demand. It gets cold, they generate more. Equally, it gets cold and the air is still, so wind power is not available when it is needed the most.
Of course, if we had an endless amount of wind turbines all over the country, the wind would be blowing somewhere, but the financial and environmental cost would make that a totally unrealistic option.
They are highly inefficient as an energy source and are only being built to make it look like we have greener credentials; to satisfy the green lobby.
With current knowledge the only reasonable option is nuclear - France gets 80% of its energy that way and when have you heard of it being a problem (in France)? The Chernobyl accident happened because of the fact that it was being run by Communist Russians - just about everything they touched broke.
2007-02-04 22:17:29 · update #1
Wise words Mate
2007-02-04 19:43:57 · answer #1 · answered by biffo 2 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Suppose you have to a point look at the bigger picture.
We know that oil, gas and coal is goint to run out. Fact. Can't use something as a power source when there is none left.
Nuclear is still really in its infancy, problems at present all over with it from how you get he fuel, refine, use and waste control, it will get cleaner and better as time progresses but so too can all the alternative methods. Wind is a resource that if sited correctly is almost limitless, though we have to bear in mind that again this has probably not developed to the stage it may be at in 20 years time, same with tidal and solar etc.
Wind farms look awful depending on the site and personally wouldn't want one in my back yard, BUT, if it meant having one and having electricity to run all the gadgets our society is churning out then my view would change.
This I think is the more important point, look at all the wasted energy, all the TV,Videos computers etc left on standby. How much does it take to recharge a mobile, and look at how many there are of those in todays society.
If we dont like the alternative methods to go alongside the adopted ones, then we as a nation/world really need to look at where the energy goes that we are at present produceing.
I mean plug in flagrances for your rooms...
2007-02-04 19:50:11 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
You can never rely on wind power for all your energy needs. They are too variable. You can use hydro power (the power of rivers) for a certain amount (in Norway it is used for all power and they have enough left over to export it), but in the end you will have to use Nuclear Power or burning things.
Burning fossil fuel (oil, gas and coal) all contribute towards global warming, but growing crops and burning them doesn't, as the carbon dioxide gas you release in the burning is taken in during the growing - it is carbon neutral. So perhaps this is the way to go.
2007-02-04 19:43:50 · answer #3 · answered by Gnomon 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
While local wind speeds obviously vary, it is never windless everywhere. By building wind farms in a wide variety of places statistically likely to have adequate wind most of the time, the system as a whole is completely reliable, if not the cheapest form of power currently available.
2007-02-04 19:46:24 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
A point that I've stressed for years, they're an eyesore and bloody useless. The gear boxes break for a past time and they can only only operate within a certain band, too much wind and they can't operate. Hydro is the way to go.
2007-02-04 20:20:26 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
No way it is 33 stages Centigrade the following, proper sunlight hours temperature falling to 27 stages centigrade in one day , draw close on a minute & i am going to get the Fahrenheit conversion of those temps I merely switched over Centigrade to Fahrenheit it is 33Centigrade=ninety one Fahrenheit and 27 stages Centigrade=80 one stages Fahrenheit
2016-11-02 09:00:43 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Surely power generated previously is stored in batteries!
2007-02-04 21:03:03 · answer #7 · answered by Christy R 1 · 0⤊ 2⤋