They should just build it on the other side of town from Taco Bell.

I'm confused- aren't most of those turbines equipped with variable pitch propellers so they can feather them when the wind gets too strong?

I think the point is that the wind has gusts that exceed the maximum force the equipment is designed to withstand.

That's not really irony...

Dinki: I'm confused- aren't most of those turbines equipped with variable pitch propellers so they can feather them when the wind gets too strong?

Yes. But when you feather the blades, the turbines aren't producing power. Doesn't make sense putting a wind farm in a place where they would be useless most of the time.

They don't call the USA the "Saudi Arabia of Wind Power" for nothing, even if Glenn Beck is laid up in the hospital.

This sounds like one of those namby-pamby Republican excuses to do nothing about global warming

What are the bearings made of?

Dinki
I'm confused- aren't most of those turbines equipped with variable pitch propellers so they can feather them when the wind gets too strong?

Some are geared to keep from spinning too fast, is also helps that they will lock (from spinning) in higher winds to keep from failing.

Dinki: I'm confused- aren't most of those turbines equipped with variable pitch propellers so they can feather them when the wind gets too strong?

Perhaps the wind sometimes gets too strong for even those measures to be effective?

SoothinglyDeranged: That's not really irony...

Yes, it is. It's ironic that the type of weather that makes the site attractive to wind-turbine builders is the same type that will prevent them from building there.

SoothinglyDeranged: That's not really irony...

It's a hell of a lot closer than some headlines with the tag, heh.

If this guy can build a windmill in Malawi out of broken bicycles and bamboo, some engineers need to get their asses fired.

/hotlinked

windmills?

PenguinTheRed:

That video deserves a

PenguinTheRed: What a wind turbine in an area too windy for wind turbines might look like

That reminded me of Contact.

I knew a guy who had two wind turbines on his farm, but there wasn't enough wind for two, so he took one down.

UNAUTHORIZED FINGER: I knew a guy who had two wind turbines on his farm, but there wasn't enough wind for two, so he took one down.

If you don't connect them in parallel all the wind looses volts.

Marcus Aurelius: They don't call the USA the "Saudi Arabia of Wind Power" for nothing, even if Glenn Beck is laid up in the hospital.

I have never heard it be called that. Is this something new or am I terribly out of the loop?

SeamusFerrell: What are the bearings made of?

Balls

Asa Phelps: I think the point is that the wind has gusts that exceed the maximum force the equipment is designed to withstand.

That makes sense. But my next question to the engineers would be: why can't you design one can withstand those gusts?

Honest Bender: Asa Phelps: I think the point is that the wind has gusts that exceed the maximum force the equipment is designed to withstand.

That makes sense. But my next question to the engineers would be: why can't you design one can withstand those gusts?

Narrator: A new car built by my company leaves somewhere traveling at 60 mph. The rear differential locks up. The car crashes and burns with everyone trapped inside. Now, should we initiate a recall? Take the number of vehicles in the field, A, multiply by the probable rate of failure, B, multiply by the average out-of-court settlement, C. A times B times C equals X. If X is less than the cost of a recall, we don't do one.
Woman on plane: Are there a lot of these kinds of accidents?
Narrator: You wouldn't believe.
Woman on plane: Which car company do you work for?
Narrator: A major one.

Honest Bender: Asa Phelps: I think the point is that the wind has gusts that exceed the maximum force the equipment is designed to withstand.

That makes sense. But my next question to the engineers would be: why can't you design one can withstand those gusts?

centrifugal force is a biatch! High winds tear the windmills apart and it appears we do not have the technology to deal with it.

so why are they doing prop style horizontal windmills and not vertical windmills