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March 17, 2010
Wind Powered Global Warming (or Cooling))
"A new MIT analysis may serve to temper enthusiasm about wind power, at least at very large scales. Ron Prinn, TEPCO Professor of Atmospheric Science, and principal research scientist Chien Wang of the Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, used a climate model to analyze the effects of millions of wind turbines that would need to be installed across vast stretches of land and ocean to generate wind power on a global scale. Such a massive deployment could indeed impact the climate, they found, though not necessarily with the desired outcome. In a paper published online Feb. 22 in Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, Wang and Prinn suggest that using wind turbines to meet 10 percent of global energy demand in 2100 could cause temperatures to rise by one degree Celsius in the regions on land where the wind farms are installed, including a smaller increase in areas beyond those regions. Their analysis indicates the opposite result for wind turbines installed in water: a drop in temperatures by one degree Celsius over those regions. The researchers also suggest that the intermittency of wind power could require significant and costly backup options, such as natural gas-fired power plants."
Posted by Vanderleun at March 17, 2010 10:01 AM. This is an entry on the sideblog of American Digest: Check it out.
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Then I vote for lots of these wind turbines installed in the water. Preferably within site of:
The Kennedy compound at Hyannisport; The Hamptons; Big Sur; Malibu; Newport Beach; Brookville, Long island; Martha's Vineyard; The Olympic peninsula; The whole freakin' Riviera; The Bay Area (but not so much Oakland); ALL the Carribean and South Pacific resort islands; Florida Keys; and any other friggin' lefty rich people hotspot anyone else can think of.
Posted by: Don Rodrigo at March 17, 2010 11:29 AM
I think you are on the right track.A Solar/Wind/Generator backup are perefct for each other. When you have sun it's usually not windy. So you have Solar gain. When the sun isn't shinning there is a good chance the wind is blowing so you have wind gain. When you have neither you have your generator. Look in the source box. There is a site you can visit that invites your input. you CAN actually get your comments posted on that site.
Posted by: Akbatirova at July 15, 2012 12:32 AM