In this context, if people did get a decent pay back period from micro-generation then the potential contribution to the grid would amount to more
than all your wind turbines put together and so wouldn't just be a token amount but actually part of the package of solutions.
Not exact matches
There are more offshore
wind turbines around our coasts
than everywhere else in the rest of the world
put together.
It turned out it was a bit more of a hassle
than I thought to actually
put my own
wind turbine on my own island.
bearing in mind that only a small percentage of earths population have access to electricity, if we enabled all under developed countries in the world with fossil fuel electricity and heating systems, we would likely have to cover every sq inch of farmland in trees to combat climate change.rather
than outright fighting the building of
wind turbines (that in future times can be repaired at a fraction of the impact and pollution of replacing them) we should be
putting pressure on the manufacturers of these systems and technologies to invest more in finding green solutions to using the polluting chemicals in the construction of
turbines.
We
put together a list of things that kill more birds
than wind turbines to
put that in perspective.
Put simply, in the Victorian situation, for every MWh of power generated by a
wind turbine about a tonne less CO2 will be released into the atmosphere
than would be without the
wind power.
hamy on the 6th may, Shell is very unlikely to invest in water
turbines (wave / tidal) as they are still early prototypes and far more expensive
than Wind, Dberr calc's put them at 4 - 6 times more expensive than offshore wi
Wind, Dberr calc's
put them at 4 - 6 times more expensive
than offshore
windwind!.
From those who advocate for nuclear power to folks
putting their money on gigantic
wind turbines; from people who believe in buy nothing day, to those who think low carbon consumerism is the next big thing — environmentalists are often more likely to disagree
than agree.
The routine assumption that the analyses
put forward of innumerate bloggers are just as valid as (in fact more valid
than) as those of scientists who have devoted their life to the relevant field is one aspect of this, as is the constant demand to «teach the controversy» on evolution, climate science,
wind turbine health scares, vaccination and so on.