Wind power

["George T. O'Bannion" <goban@swbell.net>]

Proponents of wind power should consider two problems:

1. Slowing of the earth's rotation due to the increased drag of the
turbines against the air. The force exerted by each turbine would not be
great per day, but to those who would require an armed guard over
nuclear waste for 250,000 years, the accumulated forces would be
appreciable over that time.

2. The change in velocity of the prevailing winds caused by the turbines
could seriously affect the local weather patterns causing many
geological, physical, emotional, and social changes. As we know all
change is harmful.

G.T.O'Bannion


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