On Thu, 2006-08-31 at 20:50 -0400, Carey Fisher wrote:
> Herbert Graf wrote:
> >  Wind is a WONDERFUL choice, but
> > it just doesn't work everywhere, and worse it's not a constant source of
> > power.
> >
> > TTYL
> >
> >   
> I wonder...  if you extract energy from the wind, then the wind contains 
> less energy, doesn't blow as hard/far.  What are the unintended 
> consequences of extracting energy from the wind?  Change in weather 
> patterns causing famine?  Is it really a "WONDERFUL" choice or is it 
> just another choice with attendent negative consequences?

It's a good question. I'd expect that to have any noticeable impact the
amount of wind generation would have to be on a scale many magnitudes
larger then our power needs would probably be.

Suffice it to say that it's very likely we could extract a good deal of
power from wind before that becomes an issue.

TTYL

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