2009/8/10 John Smith <delta_foxt...@yahoo.com>: > As for wind farms being able to provide base loads, the facts aren't with you. > > http://wattsupwiththat.com/2009/05/25/renewable-energy-%E2%80%93-our-downfall/
don't know who is behind them, what are their interests, who is funding them, ... If you talk about statistics on CO2 someone might present you this: http://www.climate-movie.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/the_global_temperature_chart-545x409-500x375.jpg while more interesting could be this: http://www.climate-movie.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/zfacts-co2-temp-500x358.gif For DC-Grids have a look here (OK, it is not 100% sure that this will ever come): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-voltage_direct_current Furthermore, this a also a debate on how energy should be produced (big industrial-scale plants with needs for transportation over 100s of kilometres or decentralized local production). Surely you won't find a comparable graph (raising the same) for nuclear power: http://de.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Datei:WorldWindPower.png&filetimestamp=20090204034547 here's the development of installed windpower in different countries: http://earthpolicy.org/Indicators/Wind/2008_Capacity%20by%20Country.GIF as you can clearly see what will happen in the future (on which energy source we'll rely) depends heavily no politics and not just on science and economy. cheers, Martin _______________________________________________ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk