Re: Wind power

[per.hall@mep.ki.se (Per Hall)]

Is this serious??  Per Hall

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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