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csb
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At least it's consistently producing power!
snickerd3
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^its funny how often people complain about that awful smoke coming out of the stacks at the power plant...
Dexman PE PMP
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A) I know this one isn't (ash spill in Knoxville TN)...
B) I know that it's steam, still doesn't make it look any more "pretty"
My whole argument is that I find it annoying when people talk about how "ugly" the wind farms are, but you don't hear a peep from anyone concerning the existing coal plants...
FLBuff PE
Multi-disciplinary engineer
Oh, common. That'll buff right out.A) I know this one isn't (ash spill in Knoxville TN)...
B) I know that it's steam, still doesn't make it look any more "pretty"
My whole argument is that I find it annoying when people talk about how "ugly" the wind farms are, but you don't hear a peep from anyone concerning the existing coal plants...
csb
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No one is telling me that a coal plant is supposed to be majestic, nor are they shoving it in my face.
I'm really not that bothered by alternative energy, but I am bothered by uppity hippies.
I'm really not that bothered by alternative energy, but I am bothered by uppity hippies.
Dexman PE PMP
Internationally PMP'n his PE-ness
Hey, that looks like where my wife got her first degree. I call her a hippy all the time because of it.
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wilheldp_PE
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They should put up windmills with blades covered in solar PV cells. That way you can generate wind AND solar energy on the same footprint.
Capt Worley PE
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Wolverine
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I almost went there for grad school.No one is telling me that a coal plant is supposed to be majestic, nor are they shoving it in my face.
I'm really not that bothered by alternative energy, but I am bothered by uppity hippies.
Also, I lived in Vermont for several years, my hippie radar is pretty keen at this point.
Dexman PE PMP
Internationally PMP'n his PE-ness
Here's where she spent most of her time there (the Architecture building):
csb
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I've run into that stadium on 19 Memorial Days
maryannette
Wise One
I'll tell you all what I find truly majestic:
A house that is warmed and cooled to a comfortable temperature.
Running water that is clean and warm to bath in and wash dishes and laundry.
A refrigerator that keeps things cold.
A stove in the house to cook food.
A car to get me places too far to walk.
Airplanes that take me farther places.
Computers, cell phones, television, boats, farm tractors, microwaves, dishwashers, lawn mowers, factories that make products, ....
What is intolerable to me is people who enjoy these things, and will not give them up, but talk about how we should all do the "right" thing. How do they know what is "RIGHT"? Scientific studies, right? Well, there have been so many scientific studies and theories that have been disproved that I don't consider science very reliable any more.
A house that is warmed and cooled to a comfortable temperature.
Running water that is clean and warm to bath in and wash dishes and laundry.
A refrigerator that keeps things cold.
A stove in the house to cook food.
A car to get me places too far to walk.
Airplanes that take me farther places.
Computers, cell phones, television, boats, farm tractors, microwaves, dishwashers, lawn mowers, factories that make products, ....
What is intolerable to me is people who enjoy these things, and will not give them up, but talk about how we should all do the "right" thing. How do they know what is "RIGHT"? Scientific studies, right? Well, there have been so many scientific studies and theories that have been disproved that I don't consider science very reliable any more.
csb
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Capt Worley PE
Run silent, run deep
MGX
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Recently I visited a windfarm under construction. The foundations were of the most interest to me. I learned the airfoil on the back of the generator is for the oil coolers. If the turbine oil overheats then naturally they catch fire.
I haven't crunched the numbers to determine the efficacy of wind turbines, but they seem a decent idea if you have enough wind for enough days of the year. The biggest problem I can think of is there seems no way to store the excess energy so without a buffer they only work when the wind is blowing. A community still needs fossil plants.
I haven't crunched the numbers to determine the efficacy of wind turbines, but they seem a decent idea if you have enough wind for enough days of the year. The biggest problem I can think of is there seems no way to store the excess energy so without a buffer they only work when the wind is blowing. A community still needs fossil plants.
Wolverine
Uncanny Pompadour
It's pretty simple:
Hot weather => daytime => high loads => no wind.
Cool weather => night time => low loads => steady wind
Hot weather => daytime => high loads => no wind.
Cool weather => night time => low loads => steady wind
FLBuff PE
Multi-disciplinary engineer
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