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Wind Could Provide 100% of World Energy Needs
Damien1972 sends in a report on a study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, which finds that wind power could provide for the entire world's current and future energy needs. "To estimate the earth's capacity for wind power, the researchers first sectioned the globe into areas of approximately 3,300 square kilometers (2,050 square miles) and surveyed local wind speeds every six hours. They imagined 2.5 megawatt turbines crisscrossing the terrestrial globe, excluding 'areas classified as forested, areas occupied by permanent snow or ice, areas covered by water, and areas identified as either developed or urban,' according to the paper. They also included the possibility of 3.6 megawatt offshore wind turbines, but restricted them to 50 nautical miles off the coast and to oceans depths less than 200 meters. Using [these] criteria the researchers found that wind energy could not only supply all of the world's energy requirements, but it could provide over forty times the world's current electrical consumption and over five times the global use of total energy needs."
Somehow I'm having a hard time imagining how diabetes is influenced by a big windmill.
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Because it's freaking sweet?
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"To any truly impartial person, it would be obvious that I am right."
"If that gets "insightful" moderation, I just want everybody to know that water is wet. (Or is that informative?)"
Yes (and this is funny)
Knowledge is power. Knowledge shared is power lost.
Yes (and this is funny)
No, it's offtopic, just like this post.
A problem and a solution.
It seems that every time there is a call for more power generation, it doesn't matter what type is proposed. Someone is ALWAYS against it.
Here is my solution:
Get one whiner each of Anti-Nuke, Anti-Wind, Anti-Hydro, and Anti-fossil fuel power generation.
Put them all in and arena, and have them fight to the death. The survivor gets what they want.
It is fair, everyone gets their say, and the proceeds from the Pay-Per-View death match could probably pay for the project.
If you talk to me about CO2, I will kill you and burn the body.
If I were God, wouldn't I protect my churches from acts of me?
You know I'm not even reading your comments anymore, right? You realise that replying to every of my comments you see and using my first name makes you sound like a creepy stalker?
You just got troll'd!