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gee you can also use the heat produced to heat solid masses like um rocks and pump that heat into near by stuctures by running water through the storage mass and through the floor of the structure ...another old idea .....but perhaps if people keep acting like its a new idea then one day people will demand it be used.....instead of ignoring it and ripping the landscape apart to find something underground!!!!! so i guess---- fund &repeat....... fund &repeat the world hits the snooze button on the best concepts, we must raise the alarm again and again and hope that a new generation will lead us back home...........

more than one story hear kids- pig story last page for sure warrants us all to -go vegan- !!!!!

aaronmroser, turbines do slow down the wind and therefore can effect aspects of the area around the wind farm - (ie. slowing down the wind will have an effect on evaporation of water in the area, this is the concept a a wind break ) , however, wind itself is not a localized phenomena it is much big than you may be thinking! wind turbines are of a rather sleek profile so that the overall effect would not be that great on weather patterns - certainly the cities they power which are much greater wind blocks are a bigger concern. Also we must remember that great deforestation has occured in most areas. Much wide open space/and desertification is the result of deforesting , farming etc....so the wind has increased in that sense! Slowing it down a bit can only be benificial for these areas. For excellent wind info look on WIKI - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wind to fat onion , you are absolutly correct we can obviously afford to be smarter in this country and use our best technology. Cost is an excuse for certain others to make money at the expense of all of the whole world! however your math is slightly off - wind is unpredictable and blows from all directions this is why you'll notice turbines facing slightly different directions & and some will turn while others will not and any one time. Also there is the problem of moving that energy to where it will be used. Electric lines create resistance so over a distance of 100's or 1000's of miles much of the original energy is lost thus more wind turbines are needed again to account for this. Ideally the closer they are to the users the better but small minded citizens have the not in my back yard attitude - which is sort of hilarious because they say its an eyesore or its loud- maybe within a couple of acres you can hear it ...but the interstate is louder, your a/c is louder, cars passing your house..you get the point......and as for the visual as if the nuc facillites with their mushroom plume fogging the sky or any other facility is so beautiful! A least is won't have the chance of exploding and causing widespread sickness and death - worthless land and poisoning the water supply for generations......but they cant see them unless they drive to the poor unfurtunate town who got stuck with it........turbines are beautiful they signify a future for our children and theirs...... anyway this has made it difficult to place them where they need to go :( And thousands will be needed accross the country) robert, sorry bout the jobs and cheaper energy , however , costs should remain more stable without the extra issues....and overall the area must be benfiting in ways yet unseen -over time you should see less pollution? fewer medical bills? less burden on the taxpayers ? perhaps these will draw jobs to the area from green companies who value those things and want to use green energy... maybe some of those companies need to know your town can offer.....let them know!!