Harvesting Wind: North Carolina's Alternative Progress

[ridgeprotector]

It is great that NC has a ridge law that protects the ridges from the wind industry pimps who want to prostitute out our mountains. The only thing green about them is the green of your TAX DOLLARS lining their pockets!

[Tosh220]

Damn.. Americans are so stupid..

They will surely destroy this world with their incompetence, stupidity and self-centrism.

"They don't look nice"... stupid. What about Earth with hurricanes, floods and other climatic disasters - does that look nicer?

[Alexander5625]

Because wind is an intermittent power source, the energy output is highly variable and rarely correlates with demand. To suggest that wind can supply energy on a mass scale and shut down coal plants is propaganda. How much money has ASU received from the wind industry and taxpayer generated funding to promote wind?

[reedy93]

@Alexander5625 wikipedii- Wind power is non-dispatchable, meaning that for economic operation, all of the available output must be taken when it is available. Other resources, such as hydropower, and load management techniques must be used to match supply with demand. The intermittency of wind seldom creates problems when using wind power to supply a low proportion of total demand,as the man said only looking to 20% most of europe does about 10%

[strongwxnc]

Just wondering... What do you think the answer is to providing energy to the population??.

On a mass scale.

Thanks!!.

[ridgeprotector]

I think the music from JAWS would have been more effective, Ged.

[ridgeprotector]

Fear mongering at its finest. Way to go ASU. Be afraid, be very afraid. The only thing green about these boys and girls is the green they want to put in their pockets! LOL!

[ridgeprotector]

The brainwashing continues at ASU, please send your kids to ASU! Wind energy is a scam! ASU has $15,000 worth of grants from Acciona....can you see why they want a test site like Mitchell COunty!???

[ridgeprotector]

WOW, so will you strike oil when you blast a hole in the mountains to place a wind turbine???  Wind turbines will not replace oil....so you plan on striking oil, GED? Love the Screaming Weasel! Be sure to come to the CHristening and party!

[thewadsworth]

This should be called "How APPY state breaks the 1983 mountain ridge protection act."