Thread: Eye Sore

Originally Posted by garrycol

So each of these can power only 250 electric steam irons - wow

Yes I admire the engineering but . It is a wonder they did not build them on top of the escarpment to the west of the lake where the winds are stronger and even more consistent - I would rather watch the eagles that were soaring the air waves when I took the long range shots than inefficient wind mills.

Grrrr

Actually, they can run 600 electric steam irons..... each.

I'm not sure why they didn't put them in a better spot either. You'd think the dummys would have looked into that.

Originally Posted by Slunnie

Actually, they can run 600 electric steam irons..... each.

I'm not sure why they didn't put them in a better spot either. You'd think the dummys would have looked into that.

Sometimes at the top of a mountain range is not the best spot because of the frequency of excessive wind speed and because you get turbulent air on the lee of a hill. Less turbulent airflow the more power in the wind and the more electricity produced. The turbulent airflow is the same reason that wind turbines are not usually situated around areas where wind may be deflected by trees or large buildings. The situation near Lake George appears perfect.

The owners of the land can be another inhibiting factor. No permission/ownership, no turbines.

They may not be dummies after all.

I'd have them in my backyard any day.... I think they are going to be one of the major ways we make any impact on our pollution. The only issue is how noisy they are!! All I care about is they are not put in silly places where they are not efficent.

Xav

You beat me to it. I know the guy who owns the land on the western of the lake. He wanted them as they are drought proof income for him as a farmer. BUT other people who have Power didn't want them nearby, that's the story as told to me.

Sketer

Originally Posted by Xavie

I'd have them in my backyard any day.... I think they are going to be one of the major ways we make any impact on our pollution. The only issue is how noisy they are!! All I care about is they are not put in silly places where they are not efficent.

Xav

X3 !

While they are ugly, I can appreciate the bigger picture.


Mind you, we could have them put around Parliament House.


They'd blow like billy-o.

You ain't seen nothing...

Eastern Germany is littered with the things. There the poor farmers are paid government subsidies to have them on their land so it's more cost effective to farm wind than anything else.

The most bizarre ladscape for these things I have seen is a place just to the east of San Francisco called Altamont Pass. This has long been a sort of testing ground for wind turbines so there are thousands of the things - all different shapes and sizes. Most of them seemed to not be working when we were there. The locals said that the older ones would just be left to rot into the ground when they finally reached the end of their design life.



This is a googled photo but it doesn't convey the absolute hodge-podge of different styles. If you can think of a style of wind turbine, then it is probably there. They go for miles and miles beside I580 out to Tracy (which was in the news recently for some-such human garbage tradgedy).

Originally Posted by Slunnie

I was reading the written signage about the ones near me (near Blayney) and I think with those ones at least, when the wind speeds gets too high they stop them.

ok, here is some info from Country Energy on Crookwells wind farm. [/list]

Your near the Blayney Ones, my mate lives on the opposite shore of Carcoar Dam and faces them, got to admit they were pretty ugly when they put them in. But your right i have watched them and the pitch changes on the props and they stop so they don;t over speed.
When I was in greece a couple of years ago, there were hundreds of them on the ranges near where my fathers village is, No one made any comments about how ugly they were. except me.


john