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theHandpuppet

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10. Exactly.

Wed Feb 26, 2014, 09:13 AM

Feb 2014

I fear it would only exacerbate global climate change and certainly be of no benefit to sea life. What may seem to benefit humans is not always what's good for the planet.

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Offshore Wind Farms Could Knock Down Hurricanes [View all] n2doc Feb 2014 OP

But it would ruin the view on my golf-course! DetlefK Feb 2014 #1

First, 78,000, Wow, that's a lot of windmills liberalmike27 Feb 2014 #48

I would be really conflicted about this theHandpuppet Feb 2014 #2

right justabob Feb 2014 #6

Exactly. theHandpuppet Feb 2014 #10

The turbines would lessen, not prevent hurricanes. antiquie Feb 2014 #9

Yes, yes, yes pipi_k Feb 2014 #43

Except for the part Control-Z Feb 2014 #56

But.... butbutbut wind farms are a scam! sibelian Feb 2014 #3

And giant walls will stop tornados B2G Feb 2014 #4

Sorry greytdemocrat Feb 2014 #5

It says what is possible n2doc Feb 2014 #7

Please greytdemocrat Feb 2014 #12

are you an English major?? do a little math trekbiker Feb 2014 #35

I've tried to put this in perspective by looking at the world's largest off shore wind project. wercal Feb 2014 #24

Agree. Possible, but really unlikely. n/t FSogol Feb 2014 #27

Yeah but those blades fly for MILES when they come off. n/t cherokeeprogressive Feb 2014 #8

if you've never seen a wind turbine blade embedded in 3 meters of hail, miles away from the turbine, dionysus Feb 2014 #11

You two are bad... greytdemocrat Feb 2014 #13

you tryin to cause some kind of kerflunkle? dionysus Feb 2014 #14

Not me. greytdemocrat Feb 2014 #15

Crunchy. The sound of wind turbine blade hitting a house Pretzel_Warrior Feb 2014 #58

... dionysus Feb 2014 #60

Imagine Nawlins shredded by blades from over the horizon, then buried under three meters of hail... cherokeeprogressive Feb 2014 #19

that'd be worse than sharknado! dionysus Feb 2014 #29

Yeah but we're talking about a case where you'd have a cherokeeprogressive Feb 2014 #37

the rifflenado might, just might... be worse... dionysus Feb 2014 #53

Snort! FSogol Feb 2014 #25

You seem to have forgotten about the screaming, tree-climbing coyotes! zappaman Feb 2014 #50

Or vice-versa . . . hatrack Feb 2014 #16

but that's how the earth cools itself leftyohiolib Feb 2014 #17

Pulling energy from the atmosphere via wind turbine would also cool it. jeff47 Feb 2014 #42

It's not just a matter of cooling the atmosphere theHandpuppet Feb 2014 #49

And those are cooled by putting energy into the atmosphere jeff47 Feb 2014 #51

If you really think some turbines could provide these same kind of balances theHandpuppet Feb 2014 #54

Dumb question - wercal Feb 2014 #18

True. n/t FSogol Feb 2014 #26

At some point. The idea is you've sapped the energy from the storm by then. jeff47 Feb 2014 #40

Overspeed protection. AtheistCrusader Feb 2014 #41

They actually turn them off in high wind events Pretzel_Warrior Feb 2014 #59

this could happen warrior1 Feb 2014 #20

More energy in the atmosphere is one aspect of climate change. freedom fighter jh Feb 2014 #21

This sounds like bs to me. HappyMe Feb 2014 #22

Free, clean, renewable energy JJChambers Feb 2014 #23

Yeah right! I bet all those farms who had windmills did a great job in stopping tornadoes as well. Crowman1979 Feb 2014 #28

The best way to knock down hurricanes is to reduce the green house gases in our atmosphere back to Larkspur Feb 2014 #30

They just need to withstand the most powerful winds known? Coyotl Feb 2014 #31

And meanwhile both New Orleans and Manhattan will still be fucked... Spider Jerusalem Feb 2014 #32

Ugly, ugly, ugly, and maintenance could be a big problem, especially in storms. JDPriestly Feb 2014 #33

We should have wind turbines along every coast in this country. Vashta Nerada Feb 2014 #34

Seems like a few decades back packman Feb 2014 #36

So that right-wing nit a few months back was right? AllyCat Feb 2014 #38

but how do we keep them from blowing the earth off course? AtheistCrusader Feb 2014 #39

Oh sure... pipi_k Feb 2014 #46

But, I thought wind turbines slowed the Earth's rotation down. kentauros Feb 2014 #62

Sweet, that means we can bring back Boston Market! AtheistCrusader Feb 2014 #63

Are they out of business? kentauros Feb 2014 #64

There's two or three left in CA and TX that were bought by the employees. AtheistCrusader Feb 2014 #65

I seem to recall they did have good cornbread. kentauros Feb 2014 #66

What would be the unforseen consequences of doing this? Renew Deal Feb 2014 #44

Alternately... pipi_k Feb 2014 #45

“The cost would be zero” ... I'm still laughing over this one Baclava Feb 2014 #47

The electricity would cost 4 or 5 times as much as gas fired generation. badtoworse Feb 2014 #52

There aren't enough rare earth's to build it without new designs. joshcryer Feb 2014 #55

Well, I guess they won't be putting them off North Carolina, then KamaAina Feb 2014 #57

They should build 50,000 off the coast of Hyannis Port Pretzel_Warrior Feb 2014 #61