Windfarms are POINTLESS!

[Aeson]

Originally posted by SlowwHand
I'm a big proponent of wind, and solar. I think we've been morons not to develop it before now.

(Unless you're suggesting to power The Chair that way... )

[Dinner]

Originally posted by DRoseDARs
It's been suggested that 100 square miles (10 miles x 10 miles to envision alternatively) of southern Nevada desert covered in solar panels could easily meet the power needs of the entire US.

That's an urban myth. We've done threads right here at Apolyton which showed you'd need a total surface area greater then the entire continental US to produce to total current electrical demand solely by solarpower. That still wouldn't prevent blackouts during cloudy days.

[Barnabas]

What about a place in the coast with constant fast winds, putting a windfarm there, and a desalination plant there, that would be a good use methinks

[Tattila the Hun]

Originally posted by SlowwHand
The supply is there no matter the demand. You can't store it, but it's still there.

And yes, Tubes.

Could they not use the current to extract hydrogen out of water? Atleast gas is easily stored.

[Tingkai]

Re: Windfarms are POINTLESS!

Originally posted by Doddler
(windy conditions in winter are mild and hence the system is less tight, windy conditions in summer are cooler and hence the system is less tight).

Do you recognize the inherent contradiction of your strawman that proves the statement is false?

[Solly]

Re: Re: Windfarms are POINTLESS!

Originally posted by Tingkai


Do you recognize the inherent contradiction of your strawman that proves the statement is false?

Go on.. ?

[azzaman333]

Re: Re: Windfarms are POINTLESS!

Originally posted by Tingkai


Do you recognize the inherent contradiction of your strawman that proves the statement is false?

Did you know that strawmen have magic powers?

[LordShiva]

Who are you?

[azzaman333]

Originally posted by LordShiva
Who are you?

Azzaman333, the Aussie with way too much time on his hands. Who are you?

[Berzerker]

What about a place in the coast with constant fast winds, putting a windfarm there, and a desalination plant there, that would be a good use methinks

We'll need desalination plants to moderate the rising sea levels from global warming and irrigate all the near-arable lands needed for food production. Or we could just pump ocean water into some interior basin eventually creating an inland sea, we could turn Nevada into really big saltwater lake.

[Imran Siddiqui]

As long as it doesn't mess up Vegas, I'm for it.

[Berzerker]

we'll lose it, it would be near the south end where spillover would flow down the Colorado to the ocean. Reno might be high enough

[azzaman333]

Just turn another city into Vegas. It cant be that hard!

[joncha]

POINTLESS!

[Edan]

If only we could harness the hot air in the Off-Topic forum...