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Originally Posted by solmanic

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).

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I think that is totally mind blowing and awesome!

Imagine the amount of UFO's which would go flying in to them (according to the news). It would be like E.T. extravaganza!

Once I can finally move to the sticks I just hope I can find a property that would be suitable to house these sorts of things. I was also reading that their design life is becoming longer and more efficent.

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Originally Posted by Xavie

I think that is totally mind blowing and awesome!

Imagine the amount of UFO's which would go flying in to them (according to the news). It would be like E.T. extravaganza!

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Which news was this in?

hahaha.... funnily enough i thought about you and your avatar when I saw it!

It was ch 10.... And happened in America... Don't worry though as thye are taking the blade which broke off due to the flying saucer collision to the lab for testing! they say it may have kryponite all over it (Well I say that haha)

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Originally Posted by garrycol

Nope - sorry - your are all wrong :D- they are ugly.

Lets build them in your backyard:)

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

Yes I admire the engineering but :mad:. 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

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What would you prefer - a nuclear powerplant in your backyard?

If you find these ugly and don't want more of them the answer is fairly simple.

Turn off all of your electrical devices.
Don't buy anything manufactured or processed.
Only use hand tools to build things.

Problem solved :)

Nah we Victorians'll just burn a bit more smokey brown coal for ya ..... ;)

open cast coalmines ...much prettier than windmills.:)

Had a look at the Toora wind farm down in Victoria (Gippsland) while on holidays. Huge things up close. Made a bit of noise but I reckon I'd get used to it.

Had lots of cows running around them. They didn't look too worried. They were more interested in the humans looking back at them.

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Originally Posted by Xavie

hahaha.... funnily enough i thought about you and your avatar when I saw it!

It was ch 10.... And happened in America... Don't worry though as thye are taking the blade which broke off due to the flying saucer collision to the lab for testing! they say it may have kryponite all over it (Well I say that haha)

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There's a report from a turbine being hit by something in the UK.

Video - Wind turbine hit by UFO? - Sydney Morning Herald

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Originally Posted by garrycol

I may be wrong but I understand that these things do not generate a lot of power and when all is considered in the "whole of life" context- power generated vs use in build and maintenance I believe energy produced is minimal.

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I drove past these recently... I don't think they look too bad.

Actually you are quite wrong. Wind generators have high up-front costs but a long operational life and almost no ongoing costs (unlike other power sources where fuel is the MAIN cost).

A single wind generator can be rated at 6+ MW these days. In Germany, wind generators have been found on average to produce 15-20% of their installed capacity. In Australia the numbers are more like 25-45%.

The bottom line is that wind is the 3rd or 4th cheapest way to generate power - after coal, natural gas, and geothermal.

Wind turbines in Germany are producing enough electricity that they've been able to shut down at least 2 nuclear power plants.