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Will Wind Power Change Earth's Climate?
lommer writes "The Globe and Mail is currently running an article on a recent wind power study. A group of Canadian and American scientists has modelled the effects of introducing massive amounts of wind farms into North America and have come up with surprising results. While still having only 1/5th the impact of fossil fuels, wind power will still adjust the earth's climate with the equatorial regions warmed while the arctic grows colder. Could this be a boon for the nuclear lobby, or is this just further evidence for a diversified power-generating system?"
Not buying this. Seems like if the difference grew larger the winds would grow stronger, and balance would be maintained. Just at a little different level.
Also, building enough windfarms to power the world just isn't going to happen. At least until long after this jackass administration is gone. And even then....
I just heard the sad news on CBC radio. Palestinean president Yaser Arafat was found dead in his hospital room this morning. Even if you never liked his work, you can appreciate what he did for 80's television. Truly an Arab icon. He will be missed :(
Show me That Smile (The Growing Pains Theme Song):
Show me that smile again.
Ooh show me that smile.
Don't waste another minute on your crying.
We're nowhere near the end.
We're nowhere near.
The best is ready to begin.
As long as we got each other
We got the world
Sitting right in our hands.
Baby rain or shine;
All the time.
We got each other
Sharing the laughter and love.
I wonder where the heck the energy goes when I PUSH on a building? I mean, it doesn't move, so I must not be expending any energy.
I'll bet he voted Bush, too. LOL
I've never really looked it up, but how much enegry does it take to make a battery. It would not suprise me if it took more enegry to make a battery then it would ever hold in its lifetime, can someone prove me right or wrong in this.
Also batteries are filled with all kinds of nasty things. Acids, heavy metals, catching on fire or melting, batteries have downsides.
This almost makes me feel like suicide, there's no point in this experimental union of 50 states, it has failed completely.
Actually the grandparent was spot on about newtons laws, since the buildings do not move (much) the energy remains, some is expended by causing slight sway and sound, but indeed most of the energy remains in the wind.
The reason i chose the part of your post i did to quote was because i was going to make a snide comment about how you should do it because the educational system obviously failed on you, but i decided against it.
Snowden and Manning are heroes.
This must be the dumbest comment I've ever read.
I take it you didn't preview your post then?
or did you mean...
this* must be the dumbest comment I've ever read.
Snowden and Manning are heroes.
approx 2% of the world's population but emits a quarter
Try 4.6% and 20%
Yes, even Russia agreed to the plan, with the terrible shape its economy is in, because it knows the costs of not acting will be greater.
Yes. They knew that Old Europe would foil its attempt to join the WTO if they didn't sign. Euro-coersion at its worst. Russia has been an outspoken critic of Kyoto pseudo-science since the treaty was negotiated.
But what about air quality? pollution? clean water? moderate temperatures?
Kyoto only attempts to address 'moderate temperatures', whatever that means. (We had quite an excellent growing season here in the American heartland.) Even the most strident supporters of the treaty do not claim it will have a measurable affect on climate. They look at it as a stepping stone to a more draconian pact. Good luck.
US is a global leader in research and development, it stands to gain much more from developing and marketing these technologies
What you describe is eco-make work with no real economic value. What an absurd assertion.
an ill wind that blows no good