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(Texas)Wind farms may have warming effect - research
Reuters ^
| 4/29/12
| Nina Chestney
Posted on 04/29/2012 11:01:35 PM PDT by DallasBiff
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To: DallasBiff
My money is still on animal flatulence.
"Its whats in the air"
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posted on
04/30/2012 2:18:10 AM PDT
by
Tainan
(Cogito, ergo conservatus sum)
To: Uncle Slayton
That looks like a well head to the left of that gentleman.
He might be hedgin' his bets a little....;)
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posted on
04/30/2012 2:21:20 AM PDT
by
Tainan
(Cogito, ergo conservatus sum)
To: DallasBiff
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posted on
04/30/2012 3:00:08 AM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(What does it profit a man if he gains the whole world but loses his soul?)
To: DallasBiff
Large wind farms might have a warming effect on the local climate, research in the United States showed on Sunday, casting a shadow over the long-term sustainability of wind power. Because the relatively low power output (as compared to other methods of generating electricity) and millions of dead birds were not, in fact, causing doubts about wind farms.
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posted on
04/30/2012 3:17:00 AM PDT
by
exDemMom
(Now that I've finally accepted that I'm living a bad hair life, I'm more at peace with the world.)
To: lewislynn
I am a scientist with a PhD in Gaia Science. These fools do not account for these wind farm blades spinning and their centripetal forces along a line of the earth's rotational spin, causing the precessional change of earth which give us our seasons to change ever so slightly. Add this factor to the friction multiplied by millions of giant earth fans, and the spin of earth is slowing causing our day to be already .000001723% longer.
The seasons will be changing with the varied tilt of the earth's axis and the longer days and longer nights, but the temperatures would not be changed. Nights tend to cool off what the sun did the day before.
I have a PhD.
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posted on
04/30/2012 3:23:09 AM PDT
by
urbanpovertylawcenter
(where the law and poverty collide in an urban setting and sparks fly)
To: DallasBiff
MORE RESEARCH NEEDED = more government grants
the bottom line for the granola crunchers.
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posted on
04/30/2012 3:50:53 AM PDT
by
MulberryDraw
(He who is the Glory of Israel does not lie or change his mind;)
To: DallasBiff
There is no globull warming.. there is no threat to the temp from windmills... when it comes to the environment... there is only racketeering and the worship of false gods.
LLS
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posted on
04/30/2012 4:04:39 AM PDT
by
LibLieSlayer
(Pray hard and often!)
To: exDemMom
We would be better off if we were using some of the 10s of thousands of small and medium sized dams in this country to produce hydroelectric power.
But nope, we’re tearing dams out to let the rivers run free.
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posted on
04/30/2012 4:21:05 AM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(What does it profit a man if he gains the whole world but loses his soul?)
To: DallasBiff
“Carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases from burning fossil fuels contribute to global warming, which could lead to the melting of glaciers, sea level rise, ocean acidification, crop failure and other devastating effects, scientists say.”
Gotta love that alarmism, lol.
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posted on
04/30/2012 4:25:53 AM PDT
by
MNDude
To: jiggyboy
“Somebodys confusing heat transfer and heat creation”
Wind turbines convert wind velocity to electric power. Energy is extracted from the wind. The turbines reduce the velocity of the wind and, I believe, cool the air slightly because the speed of the air molecules is reduced.
To: urbanpovertylawcenter
I have a high school education, and know almost nothing about the effects of wind farms on the spin of the earth. BUT, this one thing I do know as a West Texan those wind farms and cattle feed lots don’t mix. PU
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posted on
04/30/2012 4:39:27 AM PDT
by
Coldwater Creek
(He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty Psalm 91:)
To: cymbeline
I believe, cool the air slightly because the speed of the air molecules is reduced. Adding resistance (friction) to a moving system does not create cooling. It creates heat.
Since prior to hitting the turbine blades, the individual air molecules are moving at the same speed as those around them, their is no air resistance at that point generating heat, until it hits the turbine blades.
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posted on
04/30/2012 4:57:03 AM PDT
by
thackney
(life is fragile, handle with prayer)
To: thackney
Since prior to hitting the turbine blades, the individual air molecules are moving at the same speed as those around them, their is no air resistance at that point generating heat, until it hits the turbine blades. Well if that were the case, we'd all be burning to death up here in Maine where we have a tree every square yard.
The only way they produce any heat is when we burn them.
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posted on
04/30/2012 5:02:11 AM PDT
by
ROCKLOBSTER
(Celebrate Republicans Freed the Slaves Month.)
To: cripplecreek
...were tearing dams out to let the rivers run free deny the American People a logical source of inexpensive, abundant and renewable electricity.
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posted on
04/30/2012 5:06:48 AM PDT
by
ROCKLOBSTER
(Celebrate Republicans Freed the Slaves Month.)
To: ROCKLOBSTER
Hydro is virtually drawback free and has multiple beneficial side effects. The modern small hydro turbine technologies are very low maintenance high output.
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posted on
04/30/2012 5:38:15 AM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(What does it profit a man if he gains the whole world but loses his soul?)
Let the wind blow........
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posted on
04/30/2012 5:44:09 AM PDT
by
deport
(.............God Bless Texas............)
To: DallasBiff
Someone quacks in Albany just pimped some more stimulus money in the form of a grant. Out tax dollars at work.
To: urbanpovertylawcenter
Now who can argue with that? I think we're all indebted to Urbanpovertylawcenter for clearly stating what needed to be said. I'm particulary glad that these lovely children were here today to hear that speech. Not only was it authentic frontier gibberish, it expressed a courage little seen in this day and age.
To: ROCKLOBSTER
I wasn’t trying to claim it was significant heat. But adding wind resistance is not going to provide cooling.
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posted on
04/30/2012 6:32:42 AM PDT
by
thackney
(life is fragile, handle with prayer)
To: DallasBiff
The results, published in the journal Nature Climate Change, showed a warming trend of up to 0.72 degrees Celsius per decade... Yes folks, that's up to zeropointseventwo degrees per decade! (While day-night variations are easily 25+ °C.) They're certain to a hundredth of a degree!
Just how stupid do these people think we are?
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posted on
04/30/2012 6:38:02 AM PDT
by
Moltke
(Always retaliate first.)
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