Posted by
BLOGASSAULT on Monday, February 08, 2010 5:17:25 PM
By the time they get to working for the three months out of the year it is not frozen there,
these wind turbines might pay for themselves over a period of 285 years. They link to a Star Tribune article that is quite favorable to the wind turbines.
The Startribune has a good article today about the windmills that aren't working because of the cold weather but they put a very positive spin on the whole thing.
The article mentions the wind turbines should start to work in about 2 months, well duh!! It also mentions another solution could be to run electric heaters to warm up the fluid.
Am I the only one who sees the irony here?
First, in 2 months it will be warmer, hopefully.
Second, you would need another electrical source for the electric heaters. Once the windmill starts turning, then hopefully it would generate enough power to run the heaters to warm the fluid so it could turn if it was windy enough so it could produce...
Brilliant...