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Originally Posted by RebelR
The issue with wind is that we can't control when it blows and generally it doesn't happen during peak demand. We end up trying to sell it off to other markets at a loss, so as not to overload the grid.
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No this isn't how it works. Excess power cannot overload the grid. It is excess drain that causes problems. Adding wind power to the grid means there is more energy available to support peak usage times, reducing the possibility of blackouts or brownouts. Any extra energy can be sold or even stored.
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Originally Posted by ottopottomouse
There is a lot of them out in the sea here. Even there they are often not spinning.
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Sea based windmills are a good idea. They can be made larger to capture more wind energy. Like all windmills they will spin when there's wind to capture and stop when there's no wind.
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Originally Posted by SilentKnight
One of my favorite campgrounds on the north shore of Lake Erie is literally surrounded by them in every direction.
A real blight on the landscape.
Even the old Loyalist family farmstead built by my great-great grandfather has one.
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Ok, but isn't it nicer to have clean non polluting windmills than dirty, leaky oil drills (and the associated trucks and other transport driving through your family's property to unload the oil every day?