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Well, ill be interested to see how it turns out. ]]>Dec 12th 2007 12:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/uk-wants-every-home-wind-powered-by-2020/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/uk-wants-every-home-wind-powered-by-2020/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/26/maglev-wind-turbines-1000x-more-effiencient-than-normal-windmill/) They're probably not even aware of them...would be a much better solution from my understanding.]]>Dec 12th 2007 3:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/uk-wants-every-home-wind-powered-by-2020/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/uk-wants-every-home-wind-powered-by-2020/Dec 12th 2007 12:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/uk-wants-every-home-wind-powered-by-2020/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/uk-wants-every-home-wind-powered-by-2020/Dec 12th 2007 12:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/uk-wants-every-home-wind-powered-by-2020/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/uk-wants-every-home-wind-powered-by-2020/
I guess we will eventually be surrounded by turbines all along the coast.]]>Dec 12th 2007 12:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/uk-wants-every-home-wind-powered-by-2020/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/uk-wants-every-home-wind-powered-by-2020/Dec 12th 2007 1:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/uk-wants-every-home-wind-powered-by-2020/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/uk-wants-every-home-wind-powered-by-2020/Dec 13th 2007 1:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/uk-wants-every-home-wind-powered-by-2020/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/uk-wants-every-home-wind-powered-by-2020/
Now those hippies won't know if they will approve of this world loving idea or hate it because of the bird killing..


Wind is the best, along with waves, both strong here in the UK...

:)]]>Dec 12th 2007 12:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/uk-wants-every-home-wind-powered-by-2020/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/uk-wants-every-home-wind-powered-by-2020/Dec 12th 2007 12:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/uk-wants-every-home-wind-powered-by-2020/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/uk-wants-every-home-wind-powered-by-2020/Dec 12th 2007 1:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/uk-wants-every-home-wind-powered-by-2020/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/uk-wants-every-home-wind-powered-by-2020/Dec 12th 2007 12:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/uk-wants-every-home-wind-powered-by-2020/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/uk-wants-every-home-wind-powered-by-2020/
Its amazing how quickly countries switch to alternative energy without fully understanding the environmental impact of artificial devices. For example even a hydroelectric dam causes unforseen environmental impacts - that is why America tried to advise China against the 3 Gorges - fear that it would cause neutrification and possibly be a terrorist target that in the event of disaster would kill millions.

If you wanna be safe, improve nuclear power and continue research into FUSION. At the very least it will lead nations to improve their electric infrastructure (America's sucks right now) and in the future, that would be a great basis for plug ins like the Chevy Volt. ]]>Dec 12th 2007 12:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/uk-wants-every-home-wind-powered-by-2020/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/uk-wants-every-home-wind-powered-by-2020/Dec 12th 2007 12:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/uk-wants-every-home-wind-powered-by-2020/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/uk-wants-every-home-wind-powered-by-2020/http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,268747,00.html

So the same environmental groups pushing for these new lightbulbs are also griping about Mecury in the environment, which is a key ingredient for making these lightbulbs.

I say we all switch to LED lightbulbs, until we find out there's a major downside to that and go back to the tried and true tungsten.

Lets just trash Earth and move to Mars...]]>Dec 12th 2007 1:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/uk-wants-every-home-wind-powered-by-2020/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/uk-wants-every-home-wind-powered-by-2020/
So Brits get to choose between more heat or less wind. Either way is a winner.]]>Dec 12th 2007 1:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/uk-wants-every-home-wind-powered-by-2020/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/uk-wants-every-home-wind-powered-by-2020/Dec 12th 2007 4:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/uk-wants-every-home-wind-powered-by-2020/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/uk-wants-every-home-wind-powered-by-2020/Dec 12th 2007 5:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/uk-wants-every-home-wind-powered-by-2020/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/uk-wants-every-home-wind-powered-by-2020/
http://www.groovygreen.com/groove/?p=1200]]>Dec 13th 2007 3:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/uk-wants-every-home-wind-powered-by-2020/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/uk-wants-every-home-wind-powered-by-2020/
Earth will be a perpetual motion machine for the duration of humanitie's life time.

In our oceans, we can cash in on wave machines which convert the kinetic energy of waves into mechanical energy and electricity.

Wind Farms will never fly in America because of NIMBY.
I like the idea that came from Asia to have wind farm generators built into building facets.]]>Dec 12th 2007 12:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/uk-wants-every-home-wind-powered-by-2020/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/uk-wants-every-home-wind-powered-by-2020/Dec 12th 2007 1:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/uk-wants-every-home-wind-powered-by-2020/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/uk-wants-every-home-wind-powered-by-2020/Dec 12th 2007 3:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/uk-wants-every-home-wind-powered-by-2020/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/uk-wants-every-home-wind-powered-by-2020/Dec 12th 2007 12:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/uk-wants-every-home-wind-powered-by-2020/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/uk-wants-every-home-wind-powered-by-2020/Dec 12th 2007 3:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/uk-wants-every-home-wind-powered-by-2020/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/uk-wants-every-home-wind-powered-by-2020/Dec 12th 2007 4:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/uk-wants-every-home-wind-powered-by-2020/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/uk-wants-every-home-wind-powered-by-2020/Dec 12th 2007 1:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/uk-wants-every-home-wind-powered-by-2020/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/uk-wants-every-home-wind-powered-by-2020/Add to that a some rats running in whells inside.]]>Dec 12th 2007 1:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/uk-wants-every-home-wind-powered-by-2020/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/uk-wants-every-home-wind-powered-by-2020/Dec 12th 2007 1:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/uk-wants-every-home-wind-powered-by-2020/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/uk-wants-every-home-wind-powered-by-2020/Why must they take up so much room, can't they place fifty of them in a straight line and have one stream of wind blow on then and as one spins the other will follow from the same wind and the wind coming from those in front, and can't they place some facing the fifty blowing the wind into them.
Now can they take it to a step forded and go underground. Channel the wind underground into big underground pips with wind turbines inside which can go around and around in a circle.
This would remove them from the surface and produce energy just the same.
]]>Dec 12th 2007 1:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/uk-wants-every-home-wind-powered-by-2020/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/uk-wants-every-home-wind-powered-by-2020/
*wiping tears from my eyes*

Seriously though... WTF!?

Ok, ok... uhh.. so, let's see, by 2020, they say? This is their 2020 vision? It blows.

That was a breeze.]]>Dec 12th 2007 1:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/uk-wants-every-home-wind-powered-by-2020/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/uk-wants-every-home-wind-powered-by-2020/Dec 13th 2007 12:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/uk-wants-every-home-wind-powered-by-2020/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/uk-wants-every-home-wind-powered-by-2020/
In your scenario, each time you place a turbine behind another one, it gets progressively wind energy, because the turbine in front is consuming some of the wind energy.

If a turbine was produced just as much wind energy as it consumed, then we could indeed setup an underground torus with turbines feeding each other and end up with a real perpetual motion engine. But the law of physics dictate otherwise.
]]>Jan 7th 2008 3:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/uk-wants-every-home-wind-powered-by-2020/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/uk-wants-every-home-wind-powered-by-2020/
I am in favor of wind energy, because after we draw enough energy from the wind, it will disrupt the atmospheric heat transfer system from the equator to the poles. I want the poles to stay frozen (which is might if there was no heat transfer from the equator), and I want the equator to turn into an uninhabitable desert so we can put up space elevators without trouble from the pesky equatorial governments.]]>Dec 12th 2007 2:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/uk-wants-every-home-wind-powered-by-2020/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/uk-wants-every-home-wind-powered-by-2020/Dec 13th 2007 1:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/uk-wants-every-home-wind-powered-by-2020/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/uk-wants-every-home-wind-powered-by-2020/Dec 12th 2007 1:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/uk-wants-every-home-wind-powered-by-2020/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/uk-wants-every-home-wind-powered-by-2020/
http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/26/maglev-wind-turbines-1000x-more-effiencient-than-normal-windmill/

I wonder why that link isn't posted under relevant posts... must be inconsistent tagging]]>Dec 12th 2007 1:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/uk-wants-every-home-wind-powered-by-2020/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/uk-wants-every-home-wind-powered-by-2020/Someone plz send that link to Mr. Brown!! before he chucks 7,000 5GW turbines down the coast.
It seems 33 big ones would do :)))]]>Dec 12th 2007 2:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/uk-wants-every-home-wind-powered-by-2020/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/uk-wants-every-home-wind-powered-by-2020/Dec 12th 2007 1:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/uk-wants-every-home-wind-powered-by-2020/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/uk-wants-every-home-wind-powered-by-2020/Dec 12th 2007 1:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/uk-wants-every-home-wind-powered-by-2020/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/uk-wants-every-home-wind-powered-by-2020/Dec 12th 2007 1:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/uk-wants-every-home-wind-powered-by-2020/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/uk-wants-every-home-wind-powered-by-2020/Dec 12th 2007 5:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/uk-wants-every-home-wind-powered-by-2020/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/uk-wants-every-home-wind-powered-by-2020/Dec 12th 2007 1:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/uk-wants-every-home-wind-powered-by-2020/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/uk-wants-every-home-wind-powered-by-2020/
At least I hope so... :/]]>Dec 12th 2007 2:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/uk-wants-every-home-wind-powered-by-2020/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/uk-wants-every-home-wind-powered-by-2020/Dec 13th 2007 3:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/uk-wants-every-home-wind-powered-by-2020/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/uk-wants-every-home-wind-powered-by-2020/Dec 13th 2007 4:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/uk-wants-every-home-wind-powered-by-2020/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/uk-wants-every-home-wind-powered-by-2020/
RE: Brit plan--while the thought of 100% dependence on wind energy is tempting, people quickly forget that wind energy is not dispatchable. Like all sources of energy it depends on its fuel. Unfortunately we cant control wind energy's fuel source, so we are forced to maintain combined cycle gas or coal units to meet our energy needs when the wind isnt blowing. This isnt a little problem, its HUGE...Wind is only a partial solution and its incredibly difficult to get the energy to market because windy places arent generally located near major cities. And dont even start me on accurate pricing of wind...to bring wind to market you need to take other generators off market...there is a critical balance that must be maintained for the current frequency etc. Adding intermittent sources makes the already difficult job of energy balancing even more complicated...]]>Jan 11th 2008 2:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/uk-wants-every-home-wind-powered-by-2020/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/uk-wants-every-home-wind-powered-by-2020/Dec 12th 2007 2:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/uk-wants-every-home-wind-powered-by-2020/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/uk-wants-every-home-wind-powered-by-2020/
Good job we have one of the worlds best ship defences!]]>Dec 12th 2007 2:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/uk-wants-every-home-wind-powered-by-2020/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/uk-wants-every-home-wind-powered-by-2020/
Do you seriously thing military and government installations will be powered by this shit? Uh, no. Our nuclear deterrent is also all on nice, self contained mobile submarines. The plan calls for powering all HOMES by wind power. It doesn't state "go mad and get rid of all power generation and use windmills for EVERYTING". If this plan goes ahead, we'll still have oil/coal stations, nuclear reactors and pumped storage.

Furthermore, I really don't think all of these will be clumped in one place with a "bombz go here plzkthx" sign up. And ya know, I think the Royal Navy might notice people creeping about in submarines blowing up wind turbines.]]>Dec 12th 2007 6:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/uk-wants-every-home-wind-powered-by-2020/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/uk-wants-every-home-wind-powered-by-2020/
/sarcasm

Seriously, wouldn't spreading the power generation to thousands of sites make the chance of taking it all out in an attack much LESS likely? So I think it's a good plan.]]>Dec 12th 2007 4:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/uk-wants-every-home-wind-powered-by-2020/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/uk-wants-every-home-wind-powered-by-2020/Dec 12th 2007 5:26PM