Path: csiph.com!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!mx02.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com Newsgroups: sci.physics Subject: Re: Interactive Map Unveils the Mystery of Wind Turbines Date: Fri, 27 Nov 2015 01:53:34 -0000 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 39 Sender: Jim Pennino Message-ID: References: Injection-Info: mx02.eternal-september.org; posting-host="db4120ef82bbc153014637d4cd15a795"; logging-data="20219"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+lXTmFCFVyWrPrZmyWzxQN" User-Agent: tin/2.2.1-20140504 ("Tober an Righ") (UNIX) (SunOS/5.10 (i86pc)) Cancel-Lock: sha1:S36xw4wQjXxiUys1pt1YA2bSDnM= Xref: csiph.com sci.physics:535800 Sam Wormley wrote: > Interactive Map Unveils the Mystery of Wind Turbines >> http://www.climatecentral.org/news/interactive-map-unveils-mystery-of-wind-turbines-19737 >> http://eerscmap.usgs.gov/windfarm/ (requires Flash) > > > >> A new U.S. Geological Survey mapping tool, using data published >> Tuesday in the journal Scientific Data, lifts the veil on the mystery >> of more than 49,000 wind turbines spinning above fields and >> mountaintops across the country. Combined, those turbines generate The only mystery is how the government was conned into providing the money for these worthless pieces of shit. >> about 31 percent of all renewable energy in the U.S., or more than 61 >> gigawatts of electricity, enough to power nearly 15 million homes. At 3 to 5 times the cost of conventional energy, and even more if life cycle costs are concidered. >> Renewables such as wind power are critical in a warming world because >> they generate low carbon energy and help reduce greenhouse gas >> emissions and America?s reliance on fossil fuels for electric power >> generation. They are actually a money pit that generate more CO2 in construction, maintenance, and replacement over their lifetimes than they save. >> As the demand for wind power grows, there?s also a growing need for >> data about the nation?s wind farms. Scientists are studying how >> turbines affect wildlife and radar equipment, and how wind turbine >> wakes create microclimates. Wind turbines are disruptive to just about everything imaginable. -- Jim Pennino