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Originally Posted by hawaii
I have heared that in US there so much wind potential that just three states South Carolina,TExas and one more stat could supplie all the electric power needs for the whole USA.
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Would that third state be Colorado, by any chance? The high plains get SOME WIND, let me tell you.
There is a huge wind farm in the north of the state. I've flown from Denver to Cheyenne - it's a great, easy cross-country route - and the basic visual instructions are "go north until you run out of civilization; keep going; when you see the wind farm, you're nearly there."
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Originally Posted by Phil
The propellers come off? Surely with 100 years of aviation experience, we would've learned how to attach propellers properly!
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After flying for some 7 years in rental Cessnas, I can honestly say I have never worried about the propeller coming off. I mean, if it did, you'd just ("just"! ha) glide in for an emergency landing, but.... no. This does not make the top ten list for "reasons why small planes crash".
I very much doubt it makes the list for "reasons why wind turbines don't work" either, except in the dreams of some hard-nosed cynics.
On a similar note, it appears people are only just now talking about sinking turbines in the Mississippi River for hydroelectricity. Only now! {{facepalm}}