This study is total bullshit. Wind power has huge potential to provide cheap, clean energy. Portugal has just gone 100% renewables, by the way.
The best way to harvest windpower is offshore. The winds are not obstructed by terrain there, and the sight and sound is far from human habitation. We have years of offshore oil technology to exploit now, as well as redundant oil platforms, that could be used.
Denmark did most to advance offshore wind technology, using iterative improvements.
Solar panels are becoming much cheaper, too.
Check out the documentary "Who killed the electric car?" and you will see that Big Oil is likely the motivator behind this bull.
Yeah those "Floating Wind turbines from Magenn" were featured in Big Hero 6. Something I really like about the design is we should be able to attach those to sky scrappers and apartment buildings to directly off set their power consumption. If these do take off I'd hope we put cell repeaters and possible wireless internet repeaters as well.
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RiverWind ago
This study is total bullshit. Wind power has huge potential to provide cheap, clean energy. Portugal has just gone 100% renewables, by the way.
The best way to harvest windpower is offshore. The winds are not obstructed by terrain there, and the sight and sound is far from human habitation. We have years of offshore oil technology to exploit now, as well as redundant oil platforms, that could be used.
Denmark did most to advance offshore wind technology, using iterative improvements.
Solar panels are becoming much cheaper, too.
Check out the documentary "Who killed the electric car?" and you will see that Big Oil is likely the motivator behind this bull.
My-Name-is-Mud ago
https://srsroccoreport.com/the-absurd-myth-that-solar-wind-power-will-solve-our-energy-predicament/
RiverWind ago
Thanks for the link, which I will look at later. Check out some new turbine ideas:
https://www.betterworldsolutions.eu/10-amazing-wind-turbines/
Dark_Shroud ago
Yeah those "Floating Wind turbines from Magenn" were featured in Big Hero 6. Something I really like about the design is we should be able to attach those to sky scrappers and apartment buildings to directly off set their power consumption. If these do take off I'd hope we put cell repeaters and possible wireless internet repeaters as well.