Comments on: Wind Turbines and Radar Systems

By: jay

jay — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 00:42:15 +0000

well for one, wind turbines take up alot less space. second, solar use a compound known as silicon. this can be very dangerous to wildlife and can cause many health problems. operating cost is very little to none. once you built it, theres really nothing elso to do but maybe occasional maintnance. As far as efficiency goes, it depends on many many factors. where you live, strength of wind, type of turbine, and size of turbine. generally they are operation about 95% of the time though. it only takes about 8-9 month for a wind turbine to produce the ammound of energy used for its construction and to save the ammount of emmisions burned in its manufacturing.

By: Tom

Tom — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 01:55:56 +0000

Jay,
How is wind power safer than solar? What are the operating costs of a 1.5 MW wind generator? What is the efficiency of a wind generator?
What kind of co2 emissions are associated with the building and installation of large scale wind generators?
Thanks,
Tom Courson

By: jay

jay — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 00:48:49 +0000

it very rarely occures because the turbines are spinning most of the time. on small home sized blades it is almost impossible for this to happen. even with the big ones (which are generally not placed close enough to homes for this to be a problem) the chances of the ice being flung, staying in one big piece, and flying through air are slim to none.

By: slaps

slaps — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 19:43:53 +0000

I hear that there are problems with wind turbines accumulating ice, which comes off in large sheets, which have actually killed people. Is wind energy only suitable in southern places where ice doesn’t form? What safety precautions are necessary?

By: jay

jay — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 17:17:09 +0000

I am currently on my high school debate team and out topic this year is alternative energy. me and my partners case is on wind power. I have learned a lot about all of the alternatives such as wind, nuclear, biofuels, geothermal, and solar. wind is by far the best and safest. Technically nuclear isnt an alternative (U.S. code of 08.) wind currently supplies enough energy in the united states to power 1.5 million houses!! The government should implement a long-term PTC for wind power available to everyone. also, wind power in 1990 in California ALONE offset 15 BILLION pounds of carbon dioxide emissions. Feel free to ask me about anything because I’m sure I’ll have the answer for you because in debate people bring up every little thing you could possible imagine. I’ve heard it all.