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  Interactive Map Unveils the Mystery of Wind Turbines Sam Wormley <swormley1@gmail.com> - 2015-11-26 19:33 -0600
    Re: Interactive Map Unveils the Mystery of Wind Turbines jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2015-11-27 01:53 +0000

#535779 — Interactive Map Unveils the Mystery of Wind Turbines

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
> 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.
>
> 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.
>
> 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.
>

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Sam Wormley <swormley1@gmail.com> 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.


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Jim Pennino

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