Wind Power: The Truth

1. Anybody who fails to realise that the electric grid needs an energy supply that is dependable for more than the next ten minutes, is incapable of seeing how intrinsically useless is weather-dependent "renewable" energy.
   For a start, the fact that wind power was swept from the seas by coal, and that we need to get rid of coal, should make it intuitively unlikely that any kind of wind power can make a comeback. Intermittent power is capable of propelling ships, because they retain the progress they have made, and even have moderately long-lasting momentum. The electric grid has neither of these.
   The idea of using solar, in the Arizona desert, might seem reasonable, but look up the relatively successful Agua Caliente's cost and performance. In the British Isles, even in lovely Devon, let alone Ireland and Scotland, the idea of solat energy is preposterous. Huge forests in past centuries were cut down for firewood to make up for the inadequacy of the Sun's heat.
2. What did you use for the video? (Powtoon?)
3. whats the music in this video?
4. Hmmmmm, we have used wind power to push boats, but when we found fossil fuels, the sail became obsolete. Why do we want to turn the clock back 200 years?
   If it were not for fossil fuels, there would be no wind turbine. People are just plane stupid.
5. Somewhat misleading presentation. Obviously the number of birds killed will increase linearly with the amount of power produced so as we increase the use of wind power we will kill more birds with wind turbines. If we get to the point where a substantial portion of total energy use comes from wind turbines, the number of birds killed woukd go up by several orders of magnitude. Present solar panels have an energy payback time about the same as wind turbines (6 Months or so) and this payback time for solar continues to go down. Some solar thermal solutions have energy payback times measured in days. The issue of disturbing the view is clearly subjective but how many people would feel that a mountain range or coastline covered with 20 story condos woukd be acceptable. I think some people feel that giving up their view in exchange for clean energy is worth the trade but solar on existing structures doesn't do anything to the view. Even solar farms, a poor idea in my opinion, only upsets the view up to the height of a single story building.
   
   All in all wind power probably makes sense in certain very windy areas with little sunshine but in general solar is a better solution for the long term. And of course, all wind power is actually solar powered (solar energy causes the wind to blow in the first place).
   
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6. Some key facts were left out. There is no way to store wind energy. The UK, US and Germany are all purchasing more nuclear power after installing wind turbines to make up for the electricity not being generated when the wind isn't blowing. In norther climates the life of a wind turbine is only 3 years.
   
   In California they are decommissioning 27% of the wind turbines in one of California's largest wind farms.
   
   Wind, solar and tidal have all proven to be unreliable. Coal/fossil fuels all release green house gases and spew out millions of tones of radioactive waste into the atmosphere every year.... So what's the solution as more people populate the earth and the demand for electricity continues to increase?
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8. I like the bgm
9. The UK has the most wind because of all the baked beans we eat.
10. A major downside of wind power is that when the wind is inadequate we need back up generating capacity. So every MW of installed wind power needs an equivalent amount of back up capacity, we cannot easily store much electricity, so back up power plants have to turn on and off to balance demand.We can go for several days/weeks when there is zero wind.
    This forces the back up plants to be very inefficient,cycling up and down is not good news for a power plant,it lowers the overall run time, and lowers the efficiency during the start up and shut down .periods.
    Power generators will not want to build capacity to only run say at 70% utilisation, and have frequent startup/shutdown periods, they will sell their output accordingly.
    I drive an electric car, large scale EV usage/adoption, combined with smart metering systems could help balance out the fluctuations,effectively using the EV battery as storage. Most EV's are charged overnight( solar no use then), but wind blows at night when demand is low.
    A final point, I only drive an EV because UK fuel duty, and Gov grants, and Zero road tax and reduced company car tax etc make it very economically viable, I am not convinced about the environmental arguments.
11. 105db at the base! Good god that's loud!
12. Facts maybe, but not the whole story by a long way.
    
    Google gridwatch and on that site monitor how much is generated by wind power month on month, it's pretty pathetic considering the total installed capacity. Also the essential thermal stations run all the time when the wind blows and when it doesn't they increase output to make up the shortfall. It's really quite very wasteful. Renewables are not the answer, but a huge problem. The video mentiiones Germany, they are having serious grid problems due to wind, and Denmark, even with it's large installed capacity only gets 25% or so of it's power from wind.
    
    This sort of video puits a nice gloss on things but there's no fabric behind the shine.
13. what is the price of one wind turbine?
14. I'm not a specialist in the matter but I read that book Smaller Faster Lighter Denser Cheaper by Robert Bryce and he really shoots wholes in wind turbines. They can generate no more than 2 or 3W per square meter, that is a low density, and in an increasingly overpopulated world we need density. He also states that if the US would get the yearly increase in consumption from wind turbines they would need an area like 3 times Italy. Every year. They also have to be 2km away from people because the infrasonic soundwaves cause insomnia and depression. That's what he says, he knows more about it than me, personally I'd go for solar and fusion. A windturbine here and there is better than nothing though.
15. The big problem is the same with oil. People own land with oil under nether, but the can't access it, the system is jig, only big oil companies can get the oil. People own land, but they put up wind turbines? No, but big oil companies are investing big in wind power, and they are the only ones who can put the things up. The problem is not the source of power, but the monopolies.
16. I HATE WHEN PEOLPE COMPLAIN ABOUT WIND TURBINES.
    "Donald trump" I would like to tear down the wind turbines. why? They look bad and are to close to my golf plane..
    Or "they are to noisy." GO SUCK A GOAT.
17. what power is used to make these ugly machines? France went nuclear.
18. cats! XD
19. As for wind turbines spoiling the view; wind turbines ARE the view.
20. Is there an updated link to the references website?