Re: Wind power

[Bob Hearn <rah@america.net>]

Dnot forget the threat of the dreaded LOBA! 

For those who may not recall or have been around, the Loss of Blade
Accident that occurred in the mid-70's at a wind power site has claimed one
more casualty than any LOCA (Loss of Coolant Accident) from any US nuclear
reactor.

Bob Hearn
rah@america.net

At 06:45 PM 12/15/98 -0600, Les Fraley wrote:
>
>
>On Tue, 15 Dec 1998, George T. O'Bannion wrote:
>
>> 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.
>George,
>  Can you supply some values by assuming an amount of generation that
>might take place and calculating the energy that must be extracted from
>the wind to generate that much energy?
>> 
>> 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.
>  Two factors here. First, I doubt that change in local weather patterns
>would be significant compared to the changes that take place as a result
>of large cities (and the change would be slow). Second, wind, per se,
>causes significant emotional problems for many persons living on the
>prairie and a reduction in wind speed might be of some benefit for them.
>
>Just some thoughts on the subject.
>Les Fraley
>les@lamar.colostate.edu
>> 
>> G.T.O'Bannion
>> 
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