This is a really good video. I have relatives that live along NY Route 177 and every time I drive along that route I am impressed by the turbines and the contribution they are making to the electric grid, effortlessly and in virtual silence. The cows grazing around the turbines seem happy enough and the farmers certainly aren't complaining about the lease payments they're getting. Thank you for sharing this.
that would put me to sleep. The 4500 per year lease agreement would make me happy. Much better than living next to a railroad crossing with some moron blowing the horn at 3 AM. Sometime change requires a little effort.
The green bull...t about windturbines is all the time the same "we will save the planet" etc. As a matter of fact the wind turbines have nill efect on reducing greenhouse gases emissions. The other usual crap is "They give poewr to 60.000 houses". I suppose 60.000 houses will not have power if there is no wind... :-P They give power to zero houses! Not even one house can have power if it's cut off the grid!
Wind energy is a feel good power source. Maple Ridge will power 60,000 homes off 200 turbines at a raise cost per kilowatt hour. A single "medium-sized" nuke (taking up a tiny footprint comparatively) can power 10 to 20 times more homes.
Yes, wind turbines do make noise and are a big problem in many area where there are homes. Do a search on wind tubine noise problems in Mars Hill, Maine. Also, check out the youtube video titled: Wind Turbine Noise Levels-106dbs-Yes, they do make noise.
Wind energy is a stupid. Liberals don't seem to care that oil companies do so much for us like jobs and they give money to charity. Solar and wind ends up funding abortion, art, womens lib, homosex, mixed breeding, and the end of the bible. No thank you. I'll stick to fossil fuels. Solders need jobs. You stupid libs gonna pay for soldiers unempployment insurance if we switch to oil alternativbes?
My family is ultra conservative. We are going to place 17 units on our farm. They will pay for themselves in 5 years. We will not only reduce pollution but we will get fat checks from the electric co-op.
You really think you are going to make money in 5 years? You are very naiive. The liberal agenda is to LIE to get you to buy those things and then they wont work and you will feel stupid! Trust in the Lord not liberal garbage.
Yes, I have seen it work in Slovakia and in Austria. The only way we wouldn't make money is by an act of God that wasn't on the insurance policy. Even if the world goes to hell in a hand basket we will still have over a thousand of acres of land to grow food on and will have enough energy to light up a town. Questioning my faith is a bit ridiculous since you don't have a clue who I am. A lender nor borrower be.
Tell me then why well off conservatives own these devices and make a good profit for them? The liberal agenda is more towards corn ethanol and clean coal along with low sulfur diesel. Get your ducks in a row man!
The destructive impact that such construction would have, for example, on a wild mountain top, is obvious. Erosion, disruption of water flow, and destruction of wild habitat and plant life would continue with the presence of access roads, power lines, transformers, and the tower sites themselves.
because they a bunch of dope smoking tree huggin hippes who blindly support anything that is "green". Of they had to live under one they would need to smoke alot more.
Dufus! You can't stand under a wind turbine to record its sound. Stand about 500 feet behind one when the wind is blowing and guess what? They are noisy. Just ask the folks who live surrounded by wind turbines in Mars Hill, Maine. Wind turbines of this size should not be placed near homes.
I visited wind farms in Austria and in Slovakia that were running the new generation vespas. They were amazingly quite up close and at a distance. There were animals acting as usual and people living near them who didn't complain when I asked them about the devices being close to their homes. Maine must have some old clunkers or something.
Town Survey Results Show Majority Want BAN of Commercial Turbines in Bovina, New York. The Alliance for Bovina is very pleased that the survey results show
most Bovina residents oppose commercial wind turbines in our town and
that this issue not just a "second home owner" issue. We welcome
everyone in Bovina to be a supporter of the Alliance in its fight
against commercial turbines in our area and our future efforts on other
important issues which need more community involvement.
An 11-year-old girl with Central Auditory Processing Disorder lives in a house approximately 1600 feet from the proposed site of an industrial wind turbine in the Town of Fairfield, Herkimer County, yet her Doctors say that the turbines cannot be built within a mile and a half of her home because of the noise they generate. More than 20 turbines are proposed to be built within one mile of her home. The girl is scared and does not want her family to have to move if the wind turbines are built.
Because the wind does not always blow sufficiently -- let alone on demand -- no other sources can be removed. Even when the wind is blowing well it may drop at any time, so other sources have to be kept burning to be ready to kick into generation mode. The result is little, if any, reduction of fuel use by or emissions from other sources. Additionaly when the wind blows over 25 mph the turbines must be stut off to minimize fire or prop damage.
The horizontal axis wind turbines are the most efficient aerodynamically. The energy produced in steady winds make these things competitive with other sources of energy. The problem comes in in the fact that you will be hard stretched to find a place which has consistent wind speeds (direction also). So when the power is required, it may not be available.
There are more designs possible for wind towers. This site shows the z-axis version. They claim these multiple smaller generators make it as cheap as fossil fuels. (why are fossil fuels so cheap? We need militairy, super tankers, refineries... it is strange)
Oh dear! Compare your windfarm with waht they want to do with the Solway Firth in the Borders of Scotland. I agree with Renewable energies, but something a bit more effective and informed please!
Everyone knows the wind blows because these costly generators don't produce power until the wind is faster than something like 20+MPH for these big ones. Whereas solar works when the sun is out - at a lower rate of course on cloudy days, but there is still power being produced.
...and I didn't even go into the maintenance costs. Multiple alternative sources seem to be required - we must diversify.
OH! I'm a friggin' radio technician. I work under communications towers (for 25 years now) and have never actually seen a dead bird under them except for the pigeons which ate the "poison grain". What exactly would kill birds at communications towers? Fear of Antennas? Dead due to galvanized steel? An inter-dimensional but yet invisible bird assassin? Hmmm... What dead birds?
Wonderful. I read the report. Billions of birds dying everywhere. Tragic. Yet I live in an area wrapped by power wires, work at dozens of sites with communications towers and see no dead birds and haven't for 25 years. I obviously have a rare disease that prevents me from seeing thousands of dead birds. "Giganta No Seea Billion Birdy-itis" God! I must get help. I bow to your report. Uooo-balla Uooo-Balla. Great Birdy Massacre Report. We Worship You.
Erod1944, I love your point of view and I thank you for your perspective. There are many organizations and sites that have data and studies contradicting your experience--most have nothing to do with renewable energy. However, as you've so eloquently stated <grin>, you have experience with these communication towers, and have seen little evidence of such mortality. Who to believe? Well, you're both right.
The reports I've read detail communication tower kills in areas of high migratory traffic--especially involving towers over 500ft. tall. It stands to reason that certain segments of tower installations do no harm whatsoever.
The same can be said of wind turbines. Once again, it deals with placement and proper site evaluation. Defenders of birds will counter that while wind developers take every necessary precaution to protect birds against kills, the FCC does nothing of the sort with communication towers. In fact, whatever regulations do exist are simply voluntary. Tragic.
It is actually much more complicated than that: upon seeing communication towers some birds - thinking they are trees - decide to give up since there is nothing to return to - migration becomes pointless.
I'd be in the dark too, but my conure talks in his sleep.
This is a really good video. I have relatives that live along NY Route 177 and every time I drive along that route I am impressed by the turbines and the contribution they are making to the electric grid, effortlessly and in virtual silence. The cows grazing around the turbines seem happy enough and the farmers certainly aren't complaining about the lease payments they're getting. Thank you for sharing this.
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perplexfraction 1 year ago
LOL..anticapitalist socialist
dozerman09 2 years ago
that vid startled me cause I live in a small town called maple ridge, and we get wind about...2ce a year.
not to mention that it would be fucking impossible to miss a wind farm hear...
Down3OTUnder 3 years ago
that would put me to sleep. The 4500 per year lease agreement would make me happy. Much better than living next to a railroad crossing with some moron blowing the horn at 3 AM. Sometime change requires a little effort.
lucibyrd2 3 years ago
I like turtles.
verrywellhung 3 years ago
The green bull...t about windturbines is all the time the same "we will save the planet" etc. As a matter of fact the wind turbines have nill efect on reducing greenhouse gases emissions. The other usual crap is "They give poewr to 60.000 houses". I suppose 60.000 houses will not have power if there is no wind... :-P They give power to zero houses! Not even one house can have power if it's cut off the grid!
GiorgosSX 3 years ago
AND you can still farm the land around them.
How is this not a clean viable energy plan?
There's enough land between mills, you could still utilize it for whatever.
Luvanicebum 3 years ago
ManBearPig!!
BigPoppaBamboo 3 years ago
Wind energy is a feel good power source. Maple Ridge will power 60,000 homes off 200 turbines at a raise cost per kilowatt hour. A single "medium-sized" nuke (taking up a tiny footprint comparatively) can power 10 to 20 times more homes.
lagzzy 4 years ago
Dear Groovy,
Awesome, I just saw this story on Daily Planet so I googled Wind Farm and found your video. Great Job. Keep up the good work.
Peace,
Jef Tek
JefTekGrowCam 4 years ago
I like your style!! I moderate the American Windfarms Discussions on Yahoo; Google; MSN; MySpace and YOUTube.
Keep making educational videos.
vhbeazel 4 years ago
Yes, wind turbines do make noise and are a big problem in many area where there are homes. Do a search on wind tubine noise problems in Mars Hill, Maine. Also, check out the youtube video titled: Wind Turbine Noise Levels-106dbs-Yes, they do make noise.
ilrr78 4 years ago
Wind energy is a stupid. Liberals don't seem to care that oil companies do so much for us like jobs and they give money to charity. Solar and wind ends up funding abortion, art, womens lib, homosex, mixed breeding, and the end of the bible. No thank you. I'll stick to fossil fuels. Solders need jobs. You stupid libs gonna pay for soldiers unempployment insurance if we switch to oil alternativbes?
LatteLiberal 4 years ago
Ok send your kid to die in Iraq and then die yourself from cancer
How can you be soooooooo naïve ????
pangea1974 4 years ago
My family is ultra conservative. We are going to place 17 units on our farm. They will pay for themselves in 5 years. We will not only reduce pollution but we will get fat checks from the electric co-op.
You are a moron.
STORM6490MT 4 years ago
You really think you are going to make money in 5 years? You are very naiive. The liberal agenda is to LIE to get you to buy those things and then they wont work and you will feel stupid! Trust in the Lord not liberal garbage.
LatteLiberal 4 years ago
Yes, I have seen it work in Slovakia and in Austria. The only way we wouldn't make money is by an act of God that wasn't on the insurance policy. Even if the world goes to hell in a hand basket we will still have over a thousand of acres of land to grow food on and will have enough energy to light up a town. Questioning my faith is a bit ridiculous since you don't have a clue who I am. A lender nor borrower be.
STORM6490MT 4 years ago
Tell me then why well off conservatives own these devices and make a good profit for them? The liberal agenda is more towards corn ethanol and clean coal along with low sulfur diesel. Get your ducks in a row man!
STORM6490MT 4 years ago
Yet more NIMBY rubbish, turbines are efficient and quiet. Clive, Didcot Power Station.
cliveburke147 4 years ago
The destructive impact that such construction would have, for example, on a wild mountain top, is obvious. Erosion, disruption of water flow, and destruction of wild habitat and plant life would continue with the presence of access roads, power lines, transformers, and the tower sites themselves.
WindIsNotGreen 4 years ago
To ilrr78 you are a mental midget. When do sound get louder as you go farther away? Pleae check your basic physics regarding sound.
drafthorseharry 4 years ago
GroovyGreen is the mental midget.
WindIsNotGreen 4 years ago
Then why is wind power supported by every major enviromental group?
drafthorseharry 4 years ago
because they a bunch of dope smoking tree huggin hippes who blindly support anything that is "green". Of they had to live under one they would need to smoke alot more.
WindIsNotGreen 4 years ago
Dufus! You can't stand under a wind turbine to record its sound. Stand about 500 feet behind one when the wind is blowing and guess what? They are noisy. Just ask the folks who live surrounded by wind turbines in Mars Hill, Maine. Wind turbines of this size should not be placed near homes.
ilrr78 4 years ago
In what universe are you living? In this universe the intensity of the sound wave decreases with increasing distance from the source.
drafthorseharry 4 years ago
I visited wind farms in Austria and in Slovakia that were running the new generation vespas. They were amazingly quite up close and at a distance. There were animals acting as usual and people living near them who didn't complain when I asked them about the devices being close to their homes. Maine must have some old clunkers or something.
STORM6490MT 4 years ago
He kind of looks like Eddie Munster.
RoxburyStamfordSells 5 years ago
Town Survey Results Show Majority Want BAN of Commercial Turbines in Bovina, New York. The Alliance for Bovina is very pleased that the survey results show
most Bovina residents oppose commercial wind turbines in our town and
that this issue not just a "second home owner" issue. We welcome
everyone in Bovina to be a supporter of the Alliance in its fight
against commercial turbines in our area and our future efforts on other
important issues which need more community involvement.
WindIsNotGreen 5 years ago
An 11-year-old girl with Central Auditory Processing Disorder lives in a house approximately 1600 feet from the proposed site of an industrial wind turbine in the Town of Fairfield, Herkimer County, yet her Doctors say that the turbines cannot be built within a mile and a half of her home because of the noise they generate. More than 20 turbines are proposed to be built within one mile of her home. The girl is scared and does not want her family to have to move if the wind turbines are built.
WindIsNotGreen 5 years ago
Because the wind does not always blow sufficiently -- let alone on demand -- no other sources can be removed. Even when the wind is blowing well it may drop at any time, so other sources have to be kept burning to be ready to kick into generation mode. The result is little, if any, reduction of fuel use by or emissions from other sources. Additionaly when the wind blows over 25 mph the turbines must be stut off to minimize fire or prop damage.
RoxburyStamfordSells 5 years ago
you should check out how vespas have changed the foil design to allow them to run in faster wind.
STORM6490MT 4 years ago
very funny, in case of bad weather the point form where you filmed is quite dangerous. Take care
luisbaco 5 years ago
This was fun and educational. I'm going to use it in my college course on Energy.
patballentine 5 years ago
The horizontal axis wind turbines are the most efficient aerodynamically. The energy produced in steady winds make these things competitive with other sources of energy. The problem comes in in the fact that you will be hard stretched to find a place which has consistent wind speeds (direction also). So when the power is required, it may not be available.
Rieuk 5 years ago
we just got some on maui. The only problem. very white. we need a hundred more green ones or blue.
chrisjgranillo 5 years ago
There are more designs possible for wind towers. This site shows the z-axis version. They claim these multiple smaller generators make it as cheap as fossil fuels. (why are fossil fuels so cheap? We need militairy, super tankers, refineries... it is strange)
bbkingdom 5 years ago
Oh dear! Compare your windfarm with waht they want to do with the Solway Firth in the Borders of Scotland. I agree with Renewable energies, but something a bit more effective and informed please!
longsli 5 years ago
Who gives a fuck about birds.
pacgem 5 years ago
Everyone knows the wind blows because these costly generators don't produce power until the wind is faster than something like 20+MPH for these big ones. Whereas solar works when the sun is out - at a lower rate of course on cloudy days, but there is still power being produced.
...and I didn't even go into the maintenance costs. Multiple alternative sources seem to be required - we must diversify.
bitRAKE 5 years ago
OH! I'm a friggin' radio technician. I work under communications towers (for 25 years now) and have never actually seen a dead bird under them except for the pigeons which ate the "poison grain". What exactly would kill birds at communications towers? Fear of Antennas? Dead due to galvanized steel? An inter-dimensional but yet invisible bird assassin? Hmmm... What dead birds?
erod1944 5 years ago
Report: http://www.abcbirds.org/policy/towerkillweb.PDF
mdestries 5 years ago
Wonderful. I read the report. Billions of birds dying everywhere. Tragic. Yet I live in an area wrapped by power wires, work at dozens of sites with communications towers and see no dead birds and haven't for 25 years. I obviously have a rare disease that prevents me from seeing thousands of dead birds. "Giganta No Seea Billion Birdy-itis" God! I must get help. I bow to your report. Uooo-balla Uooo-Balla. Great Birdy Massacre Report. We Worship You.
erod1944 5 years ago
Erod1944, I love your point of view and I thank you for your perspective. There are many organizations and sites that have data and studies contradicting your experience--most have nothing to do with renewable energy. However, as you've so eloquently stated <grin>, you have experience with these communication towers, and have seen little evidence of such mortality. Who to believe? Well, you're both right.
mdestries 5 years ago
The reports I've read detail communication tower kills in areas of high migratory traffic--especially involving towers over 500ft. tall. It stands to reason that certain segments of tower installations do no harm whatsoever.
mdestries 5 years ago
The same can be said of wind turbines. Once again, it deals with placement and proper site evaluation. Defenders of birds will counter that while wind developers take every necessary precaution to protect birds against kills, the FCC does nothing of the sort with communication towers. In fact, whatever regulations do exist are simply voluntary. Tragic.
mdestries 5 years ago
Ohh K. Birds running into cellphone towers and radio antenna towers?
Now, I know skyscrapers that use alot of reflective glass kill alot of birds, and can understand that.
But open structure towers? The entire flock would have to not see it comming. Even if they did fly right through it, it couldn't kill that many.
I live in Florida, our cell towers routinely are used as nesting sites for the endangered Osprey.
RevKeaponLaffin 5 years ago
It is actually much more complicated than that: upon seeing communication towers some birds - thinking they are trees - decide to give up since there is nothing to return to - migration becomes pointless.
I'd be in the dark too, but my conure talks in his sleep.
bitRAKE 5 years ago
great vid!
PeterGreen125 5 years ago
I agree, very well done. I love the caption bar during the video too... very entertaining! =)
VisualMonster 5 years ago
I love this video, well done. Love the sound those wind turbines make!! I would definitely have one in my backyard.
bombina 5 years ago