roflwaffle
good flick - and that is probably the future near term - for going all renewable
You have to get over 10% wind base load for those problems, US is no where near that
we are making progress though
check out the DOE & you will see much of power generation growth is in renewable energy
EIA - Annual Energy Outlook 2008 - Electricity Demand
(at least in the near term - goofs still think 2030 will have less renewable growth
)
we are on course - grow the good stuff - let the old wear out and fade away
I am much less worried about the future than I was 10 years ago
we actually have a measurable amount of renewable infrastructure and it is growing
Bird strikes
Bird strikes are an issue with small turbines
they spin so fast they look like a blur and the birds try to fly thru them
new large bladed turbines do not have this issue
ones near here are held to 28.8 RPM - easily visible and avoidable by birds
More data:
compensation for wind turbine on land - 2-10K per year!
http://www.windustry.org/sites/windu...mpPackages.pdf