A 100-meter tall wind turbine meets a 100-kph breeze.
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Jil Wrinkle (With One L)
Name:
Jil In Pattaya
Location:
Pattaya,
Chonburi,
Thailand
Originally From:
America, New York State
Political Mindset:
Libertarian, Social Liberal, Small Government Fiscal Conservative
Subjects of This Blog:
- News and commentary about Pattaya Beach, Thailand
- My life and living in Thailand
- U.S. political commentary (focusing on hypocrisy, contradiction, and dishonesty, and the struggle against it)
- Funny and amusing videos, photos, or articles found on the internet
I moved to Thailand in June of 2003 to get away from the grind of New York City life. I got everything I hoped for... and then some.
5 comments:
Of course... I didn't mean to call into question the benefit or long-term safety of wind power. It's obviously one of the safest and cleanest forms of energy. It's just one of those instances where something incredibly beneveloent becomes so dangerous... like "When gerbils attack!!!" or something.
Wow, I didn't expect it to explode like that. Reminded me of an experiment I saw once where they spun a CD at extreme speeds to see when it would explode, but on a much bigger scale.
Even with this occasional mishap though wind power is still a great alternative to fossil fuels and nuclear. No pollution and even if it does explode like this one did there is no fallout.
"No pollution and even if it does explode like this one did there is no fallout." Where do you get the idea there is no pollution from WT? How do you think they make the materials to fabricate them or the energy to erect them or all the concrete (a major GHG source) that go into their massive underground bases. Also, in Germany alone, they kill ~1,000,000 birds. I certainly don't consider them environmnetally benign - see The dark side of windfarms : www.iberica2000.org/Es/Articulo.asp?Id=1228
Pictures of windfarm victims ( eagles etc. ), of turbines on fire, of collapsed turbines, of soil & water contamination etc. : http://spaces.msn.com/mark-duchamp
A lot less damage than a nuke plant going up
Great video!
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