David Sullivan wrote: > Trevor writes: >> I'm not a great fan (excuse the unintentional pun) of wind >> energy - it only works when the wind blows (and if it blows >> too strongly they have to close them down - which seems a >> bit daft to me) > > I don't know how strong "too strong" is. I saw some big > wind turbines on Crete that were merrily whizzing round > at a great rate in a wind that was so strong it was > difficult to stand up in (we'd walked up to the top > of a mountain). > BTW the locals don't mind them at all, so we were told. > > Dave
Yes, but they have had time to get used to them! ;-) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=At_udh0_utc I wonder in the new ones are as efficient as the old? http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1979ApEn....5..215K -- Neil Arlidge - NB Earnest Follow the travels of TNC, now in Ireland http://www.tuesdaynightclub.co.uk/tour.html
