Windy Miller or Not

[XS1100 0]

Is it just me or do you find these things ugly and no place for the countryside and offsure places.
do they knock out that much juice? I hate the bloody things .How many of these equal one nuke power station?

[Davehutch-hutchs 0]

and there putting one at wanlip sewage works, they recon you will see it for miles around

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leicestershire-13775218

[Neill 0]

Think they produce about 22kw each so you would need about 46 to replace a 1 megawatt combined cycle gas fired station and then only when the wind is the correct speed too high or too low windspeed and theyre useless.
1 megawatt stations arent very big compared to say Drax

[XS1100 0]

Thanks Neil,
But I just read Dave's linky and look
(The wind turbine will reduce carbon emissions by 3.7 tonnes annually, the firm said.)
so its all cool n groovy init.

[lee1 1]

once the pikeys see them they wont be around for long

[Neill 0]

1 turbine wont power 1800 houses as the article states it may power 18

and those houses are going to be pretty dark when the wind aint blowing

1 other thing when the turbine isnt in use it consummes electricity to rotate the blades or the bearings would collapse thats not very green is it

[RichardH 0]

I think they should paint them bright colours so they look like huge flowers

[Stue11 0]

ITCHY wrote:

I think they should paint them bright colours so they look like huge flowers

[jezza 0]

they may look bad ,however our gaffer has just installed an anorobic digester next to the quarry , this runs off rotting food , silage and pig shite (this works by a large motor running off the gases produced which in turn runs a turbine producing electricity)... it effin stinks gives all the lads at work headaches , it draws in rats which feed off the rotting food in the silage clamps.
This produces 1 megawatt also he is now moving into solar farming and is installing one at the moment , when complete this will produce 5 megawatt and will not be exactly attractive, I spose that is the trade off for green energy

[dick65 0]

ITCHY wrote:

I think they should paint them bright colours so they look like huge flowers

bloody hippy

[Macie_UK 0]

@Davehutch wrote:

and there putting one at wanlip sewage works, they reckon you will see it for miles around

Ho yuss, the stench of the sewage works and now this eyesore. With any luck it will fall onto the Hobby Horse!

[Davehutch-hutchs 0]

@Macie_UK wrote:

@Davehutch wrote:

and there putting one at wanlip sewage works, they reckon you will see it for miles around

Ho yuss, the stench of the sewage works and now this eyesore. With any luck it will fall onto the Hobby Horse!

what a shit hole the hobby horse is

[Chadatious 0]

There putting 200 of them on coast from me

[dick65 0]

at least youll get some landmarks in kent

[Chadatious 0]

We got some. Plus its near mongomery. Ww2 ship sank, full of gunpowder. Could flood island and shatter sea front Windows if it goes ka.boom

[BanditMike 0]

I still think they should wire capacitors to all the static bikes, treadmills, cross-trainers and steppers in gyms. There's a lot of energy going to waste!?

[fr499y 0]

tbf that is a bloody good idea lol might aswell use that wasted energy from the fitness geeks lol

[BanditMike 0]

@fr499y wrote:

tbf that is a bloody good idea lol might aswell use that wasted energy from the fitness geeks lol

I'll propose it to the Green Party, see what the response is

[Chadatious 0]

Lmao that's actually a brilliant idea