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hingmy:
:) but i don't mind losing the south of england to a wind farm ;)

Seriuosly the planet needs to start thinking co-herently about this problem, but unfortunately the oportunism of the human race will probably get in the way of any common sense

Sharpshooter:

--- Quote from: "hingmy" ---:) but i don't mind losing the south of england to a wind farm ;)

Seriuosly the planet needs to start thinking co-herently about this problem, but unfortunately the oportunism of the human race will probably get in the way of any common sense
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Surely if they are going to do it, the higher the better. Its more windy the higher you go. :)

rollazuki:
Oh, so they are wind farms,,,,,,I thought they were big propellors to keep the earth spinning............ :?

V8MoneyPit:
The comments on wind genrators is interesting. I seem to remember (I might well be wrong though) that the single generator at Swaffham in Norfolk produced approx. 2/3rds of the towns electricity. They subsequently built a second, smaller one and now produce more than is needed. So at peak production, they can sell back to the national grid.

This is how I remember it, but my memory being what it is, I might be wrong...... must be something to do with living near a nuclear power station  :P  :wink:  :lol:

Personally, I think they look elegant and graceful..... and I would have no problem if they built them in the field outside our house.

Evilgoat:

--- Quote from: "WishIhadaLandy" ---I think wind farms are the way forward.
People say that they are ugly and noisy, well "beauty is in the eye of the Beholder" ( I think they look pretty cool) and i walked all the way round a massive wind farm in wales and the people who say they are really noisy are talking out of their backsides, you could barely hear them 50 yards away and it isn't even an unpleasent noise!!
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Theres a HUGE one in the Foothills of the Rockies just outside Calgary and I remeber seeing it for the first time and just being blowm away. We were on a township road (gravel road) about a mile away and you couldnt hear them. 38 Turbines that power almost all of the outlying towns and I beleive a large chunk of Lethbridge (Think Southampton in size)



It just looks so cool :)

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