Clever response! Thanks for the glib put-down. I'm braced thereby. I have been positioning myself here as someone who's in the know about quite a few science frontiers, and, you got me good with my knee jerkingly thinking you were possibly serious. I'll consider it a belated April Fools joke.
If Turq is wrong, and you do believe the crap below, I suggest you not express "your truth" to anyone in the real world lest you be recognized as a world-class chicken-little. It is possible to slow the Earth's spin, but only with massive massive power -- such as that tsunami in Indonesia which slightly slowed the Earth's spin. The wind farms will have to have millions to tens of millions of turbines out there to even begin to affect the Earth's spin. And, the Earth would have to stop quickly (within a few seconds) in order for anything to be spun off into space. Edg --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shempmcgurk" <shempmcg...@...> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Duveyoung <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > Shemp, Shemp, Shemp, > > > > Please tell us the below was you being satirical. > > > > Edg > > > > My response to that, Edg, is similar to the response given to people who ask > a salesman, say, how much the Rolls Royce in the showroom costs: if you have > to ask, you can't afford it. > > Edg, if you have to ask whether what I wrote was satirical you really aren't > in a position to understand satire. > > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shempmcgurk" <shempmcgurk@> wrote: > > > > > > The problem with wind turbines is if you put up too many of them they > > > will cut down all winds blowing across the world and this will cause our > > > planet to stop spinning on its axis and we will all be throw into deep > > > space along with planes, trains, automobiles, and anything else that > > > isn't tethered to Mother Earth. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, I am the eternal <L.Shaddai@> wrote: > > > > > > > > http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-energy3-2009apr03,0,7532220.story?track=rss > > > > > > > > http://tinyurl.com/dzasmm* > > > > * > > > > Temperature difference caused by taking the power out of the wind would > > > > be > > > > around 1 degree difference, about the same as the localized effect of a > > > > city. * > > > > > > > > *[image: Los Angeles Times] <http://www.latimes.com/> > > > > > > > > The Interior Department report, which looks at the potential of wind > > > > turbines off the U.S. coast, is part of the government's process to > > > > chart a > > > > course for offshore energy development. > > > > By Jim Tankersley > > > > April 3, 2009 > > > > Reporting from Arlington, Va. -- Wind turbines off U.S. coastlines > > > > could > > > > potentially supply more than enough electricity to meet the nation's > > > > current > > > > demand, the Interior Department reported Thursday. > > > > > > > > Simply harnessing the wind in relatively shallow waters -- the most > > > > accessible and technically feasible sites for offshore turbines -- could > > > > produce at least 20% of the power demand for most coastal states, > > > > Interior > > > > Secretary Ken Salazar said, unveiling a report by the Minerals > > > > Management > > > > Service that details the potential for oil, gas and renewable > > > > development on > > > > the outer continental shelf. > > > > > > > > The biggest wind potential lies off the nation's Atlantic coast, which > > > > the > > > > Interior report estimates could produce 1,000 gigawatts of electricity > > > > -- > > > > enough to meet a quarter of the national demand. > > > > > > > > The report also notes large potential in the Pacific, including off the > > > > California coast, but said the area presented technical challenges. > > > > > > > > The Interior Department released an executive > > > > summary<http://www.doi.gov/ocs/ExecutiveSummary-final.pdf>of the > > > > report on Thursday. > > > > > > > > It noted that "strong wind resources also exist offshore California, > > > > Oregon, > > > > Washington and Hawaii, but it appears that the majority of this resource > > > > lies in deep waters where technology constraints are potentially > > > > significant" -- a sentiment Salazar echoed when asked about Pacific wind > > > > potential. > > > > > > > > The report also suggests vast oil and gas reserves off the Pacific > > > > coast: > > > > the equivalent of 10 billion to 18 billion barrels of oil. > > > > > > > > Salazar told attendees at the 25x'25 Summit in Virginia, a gathering of > > > > agriculture and energy representatives exploring ways to cut carbon > > > > dioxide > > > > emissions, that "we are only beginning to tap the potential" of offshore > > > > renewable energy. > > > > > > > > The report is a step in the Obama administration's mission to chart a > > > > course > > > > for offshore energy development, an issue that gained urgency last year > > > > amid > > > > high oil prices and chants of "Drill, baby, drill" at the Republican > > > > National Convention. > > > > > > > > Critics have accused President Obama and Salazar of dragging their feet > > > > on > > > > new oil and gas drilling, and Thursday's report does little to rebut > > > > those > > > > complaints. > > > > > > > > It includes no new estimates of potential oil and gas reserves offshore > > > > and > > > > notes that some of the existing estimates are based on 25-year-old > > > > seismic > > > > studies. > > > > > > > > Meeting with reporters after his speech, Salazar said he would wait to > > > > decide whether to commission new seismic studies until after he > > > > convened a > > > > four-stop series of offshore energy hearings, which begin next week in > > > > Atlantic City, N.J. In San Francisco, a hearing will be held April 16 > > > > at 9 > > > > a.m. at the Mission Bay Conference Center at UC San Francisco. > > > > > > > > Drilling advocates say updated estimates could show even more offshore > > > > oil > > > > potential. > > > > > > > > In contrast, Salazar said he expected a push to expedite offshore wind > > > > development to be one of the most significant aspects at the hearings. > > > > > > > > He pledged to finalize guidelines for such development, which the Bush > > > > administration failed to complete before leaving office, within about > > > > two > > > > months. > > > > > > > > jtankersley@ > > > > > > > > > >
