Placing the wind systems in the ocean will substantially increase total cost and maintenance.
Ron @ 408.510.2666 -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2013 11:48 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Vo]:Rethinking wind power In reply to David Roberson's message of Wed, 27 Feb 2013 23:22:55 -0500 (EST): Hi, That's why they should be placed out at sea whenever possible. Preferably so far out that they can't even be seen from the coast. E.g. the North Sea should be a good place. Lots of wind, and fairly shallow in places. Also floating turbines that are anchored to the sea floor by cables for stability could be used in deeper water. Additionally, you can make use of the hollow mast to capture wave power as well. >Yeah, but they look terrible. There is no better way to rape the mountain ridges than to cover them with these nasty looking devices. It amazes me that the environmentalists are not going bananas over what is happening. Once, they could be counted on to make an effort to keep wilderness as it is, now they are playing dead. One day there will be an enormous back lash against windmills and they will start to go away. > > >I suppose that going away would be actually relocating most of them off shore or in places where no one cares about maintaining nature. Who would want to look out and see these in the yard next door, or on what was once beautiful mountainsides? Everything has a price. [snip] Regards, Robin van Spaandonk http://rvanspaa.freehostia.com/project.html
