tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3508346572086151757.post3514848655467122786..comments2024-01-09T00:39:13.955+00:00Comments on Oh what NOW!: Offshore wind farms. It’s worst than we thought.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3508346572086151757.post-32951358203108401752010-08-09T23:17:17.822+01:002010-08-09T23:17:17.822+01:00I'd have thought the trouble with hydro is tha...I'd have thought the trouble with hydro is that you need the right kind of terrain, preferably with nobody living on it or using it for anything at the moment. There's a massive system here on the border between New South Wales and Victoria which makes use of meltwater from the mountains to generate a hefty amount of power (it's also used to manage water supply to the Murray-Darling river system). Two thirds of the renewable energy generated in the whole country comes from there, but you can't construct another like it between, say, Victoria and South Australia because it's flat, and you couldn't do it further north up the Great Dividing Range because there's no snow. Oh, and the final problem is that where there is a water supply and the land does let you build a dam and there's no one living there you'll still get environmentalists protesting about (a) the upstream inundation, or (b) the loss of water flowing downstream, or (c) both. Sometimes, and unlike their warmista buddies pushing the bird mincers, they've actually got a decent argument.Angry Exilehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02491082312193274360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3508346572086151757.post-5466133326460687152010-08-09T14:56:01.613+01:002010-08-09T14:56:01.613+01:00The main problem with the bird chopper is that you...The main problem with the bird chopper is that you can't generate electric if the wind ain't blowing.<br />I recently visitted a hydro scheme in north Wales - impressive. Why are we not doing more of that? Wind power is a con. Generation works on maintaining the power level in the grid. You can't turn off a power station just because the wind is blowing somewhere else, so the excess capacity is simply thrown away.Dioclesehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08139646438543954337noreply@blogger.com