Monday, November 17, 2008

Tales of the "Drive About" THREE....Blow


Oklahoma Windmills

Are these machines made in America?
Do we export "wind dollars" to pay for them?



Old Style California Windmills

How long must a windmill generator function before its utility erases the invested carbon cost to make it, transport it, and set it up?



Palm Springs Wind Field

Dead birds, dead bats, all a feast for the ground scavengers who then become more locally prolific. Pollution Free?



Lots of smaller ones? A few large ones?
What's the life span of a windmill?
Why are oil men so interested in wind power?
Show me the money trail!


New Mexico Twirlers


My brother, the Oklahoma rural electric company CEO, notes that when he needs electricity the most, under a very hot August high pressure dome, the wind does not blow. Making it is one thing. Transporting it is another. Saving it for a windless day?

2 comments:

Trixie said...

The windless days are when the "employee fitness plan" kicks in and everyone pedals a little harder on their company bikes.

drlobojo said...

you know thos guys that bounce the legs slightly all day long? There should be some way to feed that energy back into the grid. Reckon 'Matrix" started out with that kind of thing first?