Yeah, every energy source has its downside but at least turbines and solar panels don't pollute the air we breathe, nor do they require much tending.
On Mon, Aug 13, 2018 at 12:18 PM, Larry Turner via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > the proponents never talk about these unintended consequences Curley has > pointed out ... as usual. > > Used to be we did "Risk/benefit Analysis" on stuff. > > LarryT > > > On 08/09/2018 8:37 PM, Curley McLain via Mercedes wrote: > >> Some of it depends on the care taken in installation. (Generally little >> to none.) The soil where the concrete is poured for the foundation can >> never be restored to the same productivity, assuming the electric company >> would actually remove the tower and the concrete. The soil compacted by >> the construction will take decades to return to the original productivity. >> >> If you drive your pickup across a field today, next year the tracks will >> be seen in the field map as lower yield. Yes, that is how accurate the >> current precision farming apps are. >> >> The towers abandoned by HELCO about 20 years ago are still there. Ugly, >> rusty, and unused. They cost too much to take down to cover it by the >> scrap value. >> >> I don't know the current base dimensions. Somewhere around 300 to 400 >> square feet per tower, I'd guess. >> >> Each tower probably lowers the productivity on about an acre, I'd guess, >> allowing for all the truck and crane traffic. >> >> multiply that by thousands of towers, and you start to get the picture. >> >> Curt Raymond wrote: >> >>> How much farmland is ruined by a wind turbine? Does corn care about >>> sharing the fields? Is it worse than a cell tower? >>> >>> Curt >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> >> >> > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
