Wednesday, November 05, 2008

NC Media Watch: Another reason to question going green, investing in wind energy.
Depending on wind turbines for power always troubled me, as the wind blows and then it stops, often with in minutes. This variability requires that back up generators be on standby to pick up the load when the wind stops blowing, or become erratic. These back up generators are consuming energy, without meeting any demand. How inefficient! Now we learn that domestic wind turbines consume more electric than they provide...

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