Ways to solve global warming
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UPDATED: Sunday, June 16, 2024 03:19
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Fun to look at, I'd imagine, but do they really pose such a slaughter threat to migratory birds as the environmentalist say ?
That's a good question Rappy, and if so, how to mitigate it ?
Having walked over flocks of dead birds while on rounds at a certain chem plant, one would also seriously consider whether the aerial pollutants are more or less harmful than the windmills too.
I ain't kiddin, neither, there were piles of the damn things, with a dedicated cleanup crew.
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AURaptor: Don't know. I've never gotten up close to any wind turbine, so I've never seen dead birds around. On the other hand, I've never heard of clean-up crews for dead birds on wind farms, which I'd think might be necessary if they were really a problem.
There might be a design that could reduce the problem, if there is one. Or, I heard of a zero energy skyscraper being built in Dubai that's hollow in the center, has these turbines inside for wind power generation but are sealed off except for windflow from the outside.
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I do find it curious, that so many Democrats vilify 'big oil', but when it comes to do something about energy and cutting dependency on foreign powers, they adopt the attitude of "not in my back yard! " as their battle cry.
Can't help ya on that one, because I'm not one of those Democrats. I *want* the wind turbines in my back yard. Literally, IN MY BACK YARD. Why? Because they're paying some pretty decent royalties for being allowed to put them up. And you get free electricity, which is nice. So bring 'em on - PLEASE put one in my backyard!
I mentioned that big empty windy spot behind my neighborhood right? They can put 'em there. Tucked into the mountains like that, they might even pose less threat to birds, if indeed they pose one. I've seen plenty of big white blades spinning along some of the highways I drive, think I mentioned that, too. No dead birds that I've noticed. Maybe they can and do pose a threat, but most migrating birds are going to fly higher than those things. I mean, they fly higher than skyscrapers, higher than huge old trees, higher than the big power and telephone poles, so I think they fly higher than turbines. Things are tall, but not that tall. And as Frem pointed out, maybe they're at more risk from other power sources.
...Just think of all those canaries that are sacrificed to mine coal.
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That's why I like the vertical turbine so much- they sweep FAR less of an area, pose much less visual impact and also less on birds (if there is any to begin with)
The windmill technology is based on the old sail technology, the wind turbine techonology is based on old Norse water tubine technologies.
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It's the end of the world as we know it, and I feel fine.
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not every place may warm, as the climate changes some areas might have more rain dumped on them
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Atomic Energy Review, Special Issue No. 5 Thorium: Physic-chemical Properties of Its Compounds and Alloys
https://www.iaea.org/publications/1997/atomic-energy-review-special-is
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It would help to suffocate all of the trees on Earth by eliminating CO2 from Atmo.
But I'd still go with eFuel.
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