I'm curious to know what the basis is for the statement that wind is strongest at night. That certainly isn't the case at ground level. Since the sun drive the air movements that we call wind, calm nights seem more likely ( and consistent with my experience) than windy ones. Indeed, the few times I have noted windy nights are in association with frontal passage.
Joel At 04:28 PM 7/17/08 -0400, you wrote: >It's not a complete answer, but it's also worth noting that I've heard >of plug-in hybrids as one approach for storing home-scale wind power >generated at night for use during the day. (Wind is strongest at night, >when electrical consumption is least.) > >I'm just happy to have a 15-watt solar panel on my garden shed right >now, powering an electric fence and more to come - but we'll see how far >I can get. > >Thanks, >Simon St.Laurent > >Adele Gay Nicholson wrote: > > In my opinion, if a person makes an investment in their own solar or > > wind system so that they can produce enough clean electricity to power > > their vehicle, we should not consider that energy to have otherwise > > been available to replace dirty energy on the grid. After all, the RE > > incentive system is designed not to pay for more than your household > > consumption. So, if you don't own an electric car, it is unlikely > > that you would invest in a larger private solar or wind system than > > you can use, just so that others on the grid can have access to it. > > However, I think it is more responsible to either buy RE from the grid > > or install your own RE if you do own an electric car, since it is true > > that coal is the inefficient and dirty source of much of our > > electricity. > > > > Gay > > > > > > On Jul 17, 2008, at 1:33 PM, Tony Del Plato wrote: > > > >> I was taken aback by the this thought and wondered if anyone on the TC > >> Sustainability list has a take on whether a Prius, if plugged in to > >> re-charge its battery, could indirectly pollute more than and is less > >> efficient than a gasoline fueled car. The article below sounds > >> compelling in > >> light of the coal industry trying to get into the transportation > >> market. > >> Tony Del Plato > >> > >> http://www.betterworldclub.com/articles/DC_Case_Against_Electric_Car.htm > >> > >> -- > >> > >> "Justice is what love looks like in public." > >> ~ Dr. Cornel West > >> > >> > >> -- > >> > >> "Justice is what love looks like in public." > >> ~ Dr. Cornel West > >> _______________________________________________ > >> For more information about sustainability in the Tompkins County > >> area, please visit: http://www.sustainabletompkins.org/ > >> > >> RSS, archives, subscription & listserv information for: > >> [email protected] > >> http://lists.mutualaid.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainabletompkins > >> free hosting by http://www.mutualaid.org > > > > ---------------------------------------------------- > > Gay Nicholson, Ph.D. > > > > 607-533-7312 (home office) > > 607-279-6618 (cell) > > > > 1 Maple Avenue > > Lansing, NY 14882 > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Sustainable Tompkins > > Program Coordinator > > www.sustainabletompkins.org > > > > Southern Tier Energy$mart Communities > > Regional Coordinator > > Cornell Cooperative Extension of Tompkins County > > 615 Willow Ave., Ithaca, NY 14850 > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > For more information about sustainability in the Tompkins County area, > please visit: http://www.sustainabletompkins.org/ > > > > RSS, archives, subscription & listserv information for: > > [email protected] > > http://lists.mutualaid.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainabletompkins > > free hosting by http://www.mutualaid.org > > > > !DSPAM:487fb22020711222944467! > > > >_______________________________________________ >For more information about sustainability in the Tompkins County area, >please visit: http://www.sustainabletompkins.org/ > >RSS, archives, subscription & listserv information for: >[email protected] >http://lists.mutualaid.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainabletompkins >free hosting by http://www.mutualaid.org _______________________________________________ For more information about sustainability in the Tompkins County area, please visit: http://www.sustainabletompkins.org/ RSS, archives, subscription & listserv information for: [email protected] http://lists.mutualaid.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainabletompkins free hosting by http://www.mutualaid.org
