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Seriously, if I see another push for wind (!) on here, I might just loose it. It’s like saying let’s use sail boats in the era of supersonic travel.
by vowelless 8y ago
Seriously, if I see another push for wind (!) on here, I might just loose it. It’s like saying let’s use sail boats in the era of supersonic travel.
- lsc 8y ago>It’s like saying let’s use sail boats in the era of supersonic travel. the era of supersonic travel? I mean, sure, supersonic flight is /technically possible/ but it is exceedingly rare that the sound barrier is broken by traveling civilians. My understanding is that the problem mostly has to do with air resistance increasing with the cube of speed; this could be overcome by going higher, above the atmosphere, but nobody has figured out how to do that at subsonic flight costs, either. I mean, it is kind of sad; one of those technologies that we created, but that then turned out to not be as practical as the older stuff for everyday use.
- Retric 8y agoThat’s like complaining about shoes or buildings as old tech. Wind is the second cheapest power source behind solar in ideal conditions and operates when the sun is down. Which is why countries and companies that don’t give a fuck about the environment are all over it. It took a long time to beat coal, but games over it won now it’s just a question of time. However, replacing natural gas as peaking power that’s still in the works.