Feb 8, 2009: Wind Farm - Page 2

classicman · 02-08-2009, 05:53 PM

Maybe all his money was with Madoff...

monster · 02-08-2009, 06:37 PM

hey look, if we zoom in, it's almost like you can see the breeze.........twisting through the twurbines

sandypossum · 02-08-2009, 06:44 PM

We had a microbat flying round our lounge room last night. We thought it was a moth for a while - it was smaller than the palm of my hand. It came in through the cat flap, which was uncovered at the time. It would stop occasionally and hang from a shelf or the curtain rails, so we got a good look at it. At least they're easy to get back outside.

sweetwater · 02-08-2009, 06:48 PM

The turbines are generating plenty of electricity here in T.Boone-land, but the infrastructure required to 'pipe' all of it to where it is needed is, for now, lacking. Momentum is building to get it matched to production, but I don't see evidence of progress yet. The landowners around here are paid per post regardless of production. I have heard $2,000 per post per year but have not seen that documented.

Aliantha · 02-08-2009, 06:49 PM

Do microbats carry the lissa virus? I don't know, but I hope you were careful if you had to handle it sandy.

sweetwater · 02-08-2009, 07:20 PM

A little slice of Texas: cotton modules and some of the thousands of wind turbine generators. No people. No blasted birds. No exploded bats. At least, not until one of you talented folk 'shop them in!

classicman · 02-08-2009, 07:32 PM

Then what are all those feathers on the ground from?

Nirvana · 02-08-2009, 07:36 PM

note to self: tell Bruce he is off by one month on two image threads

sweetwater · 02-08-2009, 07:38 PM

Quote:

Then what are all those feathers on the ground from?

Those are cotton balls.
(cuz we don't want our teddy bears reproducing)

xoxoxoBruce · 02-08-2009, 10:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Nirvana

note to self: tell Bruce he is off by one month on two image threads

Damn! Uh, well, I, um... wanted to see if youse guys was paying attention, Yeah, that's it, a test. That's my story and I'm sticking to it.

TheMercenary · 02-09-2009, 09:09 AM

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Originally Posted by Aliantha

The whole argument about birds and windfarms seems pretty stupid to me if it's coming from anyone who drives a car or has ever flown in a plane, and I doubt there's too many greenies who don't fly in planes or travel by car or bus. Far more birds are killed by humans transporting themselves around than are killed by windfarms (at least in Australia).

We are getting the same arguments here from the tree huggers. There is a risk benifit ratio in most of these decisions. I vote for non-oil/nuclear based energy forms. And then of course you have Kennedy family and their support of wind farms as long as it is NIMBY.

classicman · 02-09-2009, 12:14 PM

I can't wait to look over the landscape and see nothing but miles of these beautiful windmills.

Shawnee123 · 02-09-2009, 12:19 PM

I submit they're purtier than oil rigs.

Aliantha · 02-09-2009, 04:00 PM

Over here the debate rages between those who don't want them because they'll kill the birds, or because they'll look unsightly. Then there are the proponents who fight each other to get them in their back yards so the govt has to pay them and not their neighbour (and they're paid very very well).

kerosene · 02-09-2009, 04:16 PM

We have a plant here that makes the blades. I am trying to get a job there.

02-08-2009, 05:53 PM	#16
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	Maybe all his money was with Madoff... __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

02-08-2009, 06:37 PM	#17
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	hey look, if we zoom in, it's almost like you can see the breeze.........twisting through the twurbines Attached Images __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

02-08-2009, 06:44 PM	#18
sandypossum tri-continental dag hag Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Australia Posts: 247	We had a microbat flying round our lounge room last night. We thought it was a moth for a while - it was smaller than the palm of my hand. It came in through the cat flap, which was uncovered at the time. It would stop occasionally and hang from a shelf or the curtain rails, so we got a good look at it. At least they're easy to get back outside. __________________ you're never too old to have a happy childhood

02-08-2009, 06:48 PM	#19
sweetwater lives inside a Mobius strip Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 1,120	The turbines are generating plenty of electricity here in T.Boone-land, but the infrastructure required to 'pipe' all of it to where it is needed is, for now, lacking. Momentum is building to get it matched to production, but I don't see evidence of progress yet. The landowners around here are paid per post regardless of production. I have heard $2,000 per post per year but have not seen that documented. __________________ I knew I shoulda taken that left turn at Albuquerque! - Bugs Bunny

02-08-2009, 06:49 PM	#20
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	Do microbats carry the lissa virus? I don't know, but I hope you were careful if you had to handle it sandy. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

02-08-2009, 07:20 PM	#21
sweetwater lives inside a Mobius strip Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 1,120	A little slice of Texas: cotton modules and some of the thousands of wind turbine generators. No people. No blasted birds. No exploded bats. At least, not until one of you talented folk 'shop them in! __________________ I knew I shoulda taken that left turn at Albuquerque! - Bugs Bunny

02-08-2009, 07:32 PM	#22
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	Then what are all those feathers on the ground from? __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

02-08-2009, 07:36 PM	#23
Nirvana Back in 10 Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 3,684	note to self: tell Bruce he is off by one month on two image threads __________________ Speaking simply... do not confuse this with having a simple mind.

02-09-2009, 12:14 PM	#27
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	I can't wait to look over the landscape and see nothing but miles of these beautiful windmills. __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

02-09-2009, 12:19 PM	#28
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	I submit they're purtier than oil rigs. __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

02-09-2009, 04:00 PM	#29
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	Over here the debate rages between those who don't want them because they'll kill the birds, or because they'll look unsightly. Then there are the proponents who fight each other to get them in their back yards so the govt has to pay them and not their neighbour (and they're paid very very well). __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

02-09-2009, 04:16 PM	#30
kerosene Touring the facilities Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: The plains of Colorado Posts: 3,476	We have a plant here that makes the blades. I am trying to get a job there.

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