Tuesday June 23, 2009, 6:11 pm
hmmm... Thanks Tom!

Wednesday June 24, 2009, 3:37 am
wish they would bring in wind energy in cork we certainly have the weather for it

Wednesday June 24, 2009, 4:01 am
whewoooooooshhhh. That's some potential... tx Tom

Wednesday June 24, 2009, 5:14 am
so much potential for eco friendly power that the oil companies will not allow the world to use.it drivers me bonkers!!

Wednesday June 24, 2009, 7:47 am
hopefully their studies will include the how-to's as to avoid major bird and bat kills at these sites. the lungs of bat explode in the proximity of wind turbines whilst birds are sliced and diced in the whirling blades. what about solar panels? these should be installed on all new buildings and extra power sold back to the grid. no worries about killing things while these long blades slice through the air.

Wednesday June 24, 2009, 11:02 am
I have a friend who builds these wind powers. Great story, thanks Tom

Wednesday June 24, 2009, 12:49 pm
This will no doubt cause a lot of hubbabalue but it cost millions to build wind mills. I believe wind power could help but the cost for building them will be passed on to the public. I have a friend who works on the wind mills by servicing them and was informed that if the wind mills are operate best in 5 - 10 mph wind anything faster than that has the potential to damage the mechanisms.
And this comment will cause more hubbabalue but I'd like to see more nuclear power plants built before oil becomes too costly to operate the machinery to build the power plants.
When Seattle's power goes down on flick of the switch's at Hanford will power up Seattle with no problems.

Wednesday June 24, 2009, 2:02 pm
I am a big fan of wind power for home use. I am studying the feasiblity of building a small wind turbine for my home in the mountains. Not for any climate change issue, but because I would like to become more self-sufficient and cut my energy costs. I have visited the experimental wind farm on Beech Mountain many times which is made up of home-sized generators for study.
However I don't think large-scale wind power production will be feasible. Certainly there is enough wind to power the world. But the transmission issues and the NIMBY issues are pretty large. I think nuclear is the way to go now too for large-scale generation.

Wednesday July 1, 2009, 6:12 pm
Before everyone builds these contraptions bear in mind that the ones on California's Altamont Pass kill thousands of birds. So many, in fact, they have to be closed down during some bird migration times. Why doesn't anyone consider nuclear energy which has been safely used in several european countries for years and it doesnt kill birds.