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Windmills A tribute to Ted
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Windmills A tribute to Ted
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says... On Wed, 5 Sep 2012 14:22:29 -0400, iBoaterer wrote: In article , says... On 9/5/2012 1:06 PM, Wayne.B wrote: On Tue, 04 Sep 2012 17:13:52 -0400, JustWait wrote: Well, there is one up by one of our practice tracks. I have seen it a dozen times, only once was it actually running and that day, it was annoying as hell with the noise.. and it's nearly a half mile maybe a mile as the crow flies to the mill from the track. Like I said though, most times, it's not moving even though there is windy up there all the time. === How big was it? The small, fast turning wind generators like you see on cruising boats, roof tops and small towers can make an annoying whirring noise. The big wind farms however use very large towers with slow turning blades over 100 ft long. They are almost silent in my experience. http://tuesdaysintempleton.com/2010/...-templeton-ma/ Yes, I know the rave reviews don't complain about the noise, but I remember it made a thump, thump, thump as it ran that day. Again, I have only seen it run once, not really sure if it's doing anything for the town according to the reviews... You're insane. Either that or FOX told you they were loud. http://www.gereports.com/how-loud-is-a-wind-turbine/ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JD0v9_zV2uk http://www.smallwindtips.com/2009/12...urbine-really/ Hmmm GE says wind turbines don't make noise. That is like the UMW talking about clean coal. If you live in the big city and are used to noise, they are not bad but there is a noise. I am sure it is something you can ignore if they are paying you enough to put the turbines there. Did you notice there are other links as well? Again, I also have first hand experience. Usually the prevailing winds make much more noise than the turbines. Did you watch the video? That's what I heard as well, nothing. |
Windmills A tribute to Ted
"iBoaterer" wrote in message
... In article , says... On Wed, 5 Sep 2012 14:22:29 -0400, iBoaterer wrote: In article , says... On 9/5/2012 1:06 PM, Wayne.B wrote: On Tue, 04 Sep 2012 17:13:52 -0400, JustWait wrote: Well, there is one up by one of our practice tracks. I have seen it a dozen times, only once was it actually running and that day, it was annoying as hell with the noise.. and it's nearly a half mile maybe a mile as the crow flies to the mill from the track. Like I said though, most times, it's not moving even though there is windy up there all the time. === How big was it? The small, fast turning wind generators like you see on cruising boats, roof tops and small towers can make an annoying whirring noise. The big wind farms however use very large towers with slow turning blades over 100 ft long. They are almost silent in my experience. http://tuesdaysintempleton.com/2010/...-templeton-ma/ Yes, I know the rave reviews don't complain about the noise, but I remember it made a thump, thump, thump as it ran that day. Again, I have only seen it run once, not really sure if it's doing anything for the town according to the reviews... You're insane. Either that or FOX told you they were loud. http://www.gereports.com/how-loud-is-a-wind-turbine/ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JD0v9_zV2uk http://www.smallwindtips.com/2009/12...urbine-really/ Hmmm GE says wind turbines don't make noise. That is like the UMW talking about clean coal. If you live in the big city and are used to noise, they are not bad but there is a noise. I am sure it is something you can ignore if they are paying you enough to put the turbines there. Did you notice there are other links as well? Again, I also have first hand experience. Usually the prevailing winds make much more noise than the turbines. Did you watch the video? That's what I heard as well, nothing. --------------------------- Depends on the design. I live in sight of Altamont Pass. The older turbines are noisy. They are removing lots of the older smaller units and putting in the big 300' diameter generators. Part of the problem with the older faster ones is the bird kills. Do a Google on bird kills and wind farms. Lots of the enviros are very down on the farms for this very reason. Lots of the problem is it is raptors getting killed as most of the land is open grazing land and lots of ground squirrels to attract the Raptors, Golden Eagles especially. the other problem is wind speed. They shut them down when the wind is blowing too fast as well as not fast enough. |
Windmills A tribute to Ted
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Windmills A tribute to Ted
On 9/5/2012 3:43 PM, wrote:
On Wed, 5 Sep 2012 14:22:29 -0400, iBoaterer wrote: In article , says... On 9/5/2012 1:06 PM, Wayne.B wrote: On Tue, 04 Sep 2012 17:13:52 -0400, JustWait wrote: Well, there is one up by one of our practice tracks. I have seen it a dozen times, only once was it actually running and that day, it was annoying as hell with the noise.. and it's nearly a half mile maybe a mile as the crow flies to the mill from the track. Like I said though, most times, it's not moving even though there is windy up there all the time. === How big was it? The small, fast turning wind generators like you see on cruising boats, roof tops and small towers can make an annoying whirring noise. The big wind farms however use very large towers with slow turning blades over 100 ft long. They are almost silent in my experience. http://tuesdaysintempleton.com/2010/...-templeton-ma/ Yes, I know the rave reviews don't complain about the noise, but I remember it made a thump, thump, thump as it ran that day. Again, I have only seen it run once, not really sure if it's doing anything for the town according to the reviews... You're insane. Either that or FOX told you they were loud. http://www.gereports.com/how-loud-is-a-wind-turbine/ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JD0v9_zV2uk http://www.smallwindtips.com/2009/12...urbine-really/ Hmmm GE says wind turbines don't make noise. That is like the UMW talking about clean coal. If you live in the big city and are used to noise, they are not bad but there is a noise. I am sure it is something you can ignore if they are paying you enough to put the turbines there. Most of the comments I have seen are skeptical as to any return at all from the Mill in Templeton Mass... Like I said, it's usually locked down and stationary whenever I am there for weekends.. |
Windmills A tribute to Ted
On 9/5/2012 5:30 PM, Califbill wrote:
"iBoaterer" wrote in message ... In article , says... On Wed, 5 Sep 2012 14:22:29 -0400, iBoaterer wrote: In article , says... On 9/5/2012 1:06 PM, Wayne.B wrote: On Tue, 04 Sep 2012 17:13:52 -0400, JustWait wrote: Well, there is one up by one of our practice tracks. I have seen it a dozen times, only once was it actually running and that day, it was annoying as hell with the noise.. and it's nearly a half mile maybe a mile as the crow flies to the mill from the track. Like I said though, most times, it's not moving even though there is windy up there all the time. === How big was it? The small, fast turning wind generators like you see on cruising boats, roof tops and small towers can make an annoying whirring noise. The big wind farms however use very large towers with slow turning blades over 100 ft long. They are almost silent in my experience. http://tuesdaysintempleton.com/2010/...-templeton-ma/ Yes, I know the rave reviews don't complain about the noise, but I remember it made a thump, thump, thump as it ran that day. Again, I have only seen it run once, not really sure if it's doing anything for the town according to the reviews... You're insane. Either that or FOX told you they were loud. http://www.gereports.com/how-loud-is-a-wind-turbine/ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JD0v9_zV2uk http://www.smallwindtips.com/2009/12...urbine-really/ Hmmm GE says wind turbines don't make noise. That is like the UMW talking about clean coal. If you live in the big city and are used to noise, they are not bad but there is a noise. I am sure it is something you can ignore if they are paying you enough to put the turbines there. Did you notice there are other links as well? Again, I also have first hand experience. Usually the prevailing winds make much more noise than the turbines. Did you watch the video? That's what I heard as well, nothing. --------------------------- Depends on the design. I live in sight of Altamont Pass. The older turbines are noisy. They are removing lots of the older smaller units and putting in the big 300' diameter generators. Part of the problem with the older faster ones is the bird kills. Do a Google on bird kills and wind farms. Lots of the enviros are very down on the farms for this very reason. Lots of the problem is it is raptors getting killed as most of the land is open grazing land and lots of ground squirrels to attract the Raptors, Golden Eagles especially. the other problem is wind speed. They shut them down when the wind is blowing too fast as well as not fast enough. In other words, they aren't up to it.. Something I have been saying for years.. |
Windmills A tribute to Ted
On Wed, 05 Sep 2012 17:52:06 -0400, JustWait
wrote: Most of the comments I have seen are skeptical as to any return at all from the Mill in Templeton Mass... Like I said, it's usually locked down and stationary whenever I am there for weekends.. === Do yourself a favor and visit one of the large wind farms before making snap judgements. I've seen several that were very impressive and the people that lived near them had no issues. Here is one of them: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ZZ-6uIKa0o The background noise that you hear is wind on the microphone. |
Windmills A tribute to Ted
"JustWait" wrote in message ...
On 9/5/2012 5:30 PM, Califbill wrote: "iBoaterer" wrote in message ... In article , says... On Wed, 5 Sep 2012 14:22:29 -0400, iBoaterer wrote: In article , says... On 9/5/2012 1:06 PM, Wayne.B wrote: On Tue, 04 Sep 2012 17:13:52 -0400, JustWait wrote: Well, there is one up by one of our practice tracks. I have seen it a dozen times, only once was it actually running and that day, it was annoying as hell with the noise.. and it's nearly a half mile maybe a mile as the crow flies to the mill from the track. Like I said though, most times, it's not moving even though there is windy up there all the time. === How big was it? The small, fast turning wind generators like you see on cruising boats, roof tops and small towers can make an annoying whirring noise. The big wind farms however use very large towers with slow turning blades over 100 ft long. They are almost silent in my experience. http://tuesdaysintempleton.com/2010/...-templeton-ma/ Yes, I know the rave reviews don't complain about the noise, but I remember it made a thump, thump, thump as it ran that day. Again, I have only seen it run once, not really sure if it's doing anything for the town according to the reviews... You're insane. Either that or FOX told you they were loud. http://www.gereports.com/how-loud-is-a-wind-turbine/ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JD0v9_zV2uk http://www.smallwindtips.com/2009/12...urbine-really/ Hmmm GE says wind turbines don't make noise. That is like the UMW talking about clean coal. If you live in the big city and are used to noise, they are not bad but there is a noise. I am sure it is something you can ignore if they are paying you enough to put the turbines there. Did you notice there are other links as well? Again, I also have first hand experience. Usually the prevailing winds make much more noise than the turbines. Did you watch the video? That's what I heard as well, nothing. --------------------------- Depends on the design. I live in sight of Altamont Pass. The older turbines are noisy. They are removing lots of the older smaller units and putting in the big 300' diameter generators. Part of the problem with the older faster ones is the bird kills. Do a Google on bird kills and wind farms. Lots of the enviros are very down on the farms for this very reason. Lots of the problem is it is raptors getting killed as most of the land is open grazing land and lots of ground squirrels to attract the Raptors, Golden Eagles especially. the other problem is wind speed. They shut them down when the wind is blowing too fast as well as not fast enough. In other words, they aren't up to it.. Something I have been saying for years.. --------------------------------- They are up to it, but they are not going to replace a very big percentage of our power requirements. |
Windmills A tribute to Ted
On 9/6/2012 12:13 AM, Califbill wrote:
"JustWait" wrote in message ... On 9/5/2012 5:30 PM, Califbill wrote: "iBoaterer" wrote in message ... In article , says... On Wed, 5 Sep 2012 14:22:29 -0400, iBoaterer wrote: In article , says... On 9/5/2012 1:06 PM, Wayne.B wrote: On Tue, 04 Sep 2012 17:13:52 -0400, JustWait wrote: Well, there is one up by one of our practice tracks. I have seen it a dozen times, only once was it actually running and that day, it was annoying as hell with the noise.. and it's nearly a half mile maybe a mile as the crow flies to the mill from the track. Like I said though, most times, it's not moving even though there is windy up there all the time. === How big was it? The small, fast turning wind generators like you see on cruising boats, roof tops and small towers can make an annoying whirring noise. The big wind farms however use very large towers with slow turning blades over 100 ft long. They are almost silent in my experience. http://tuesdaysintempleton.com/2010/...-templeton-ma/ Yes, I know the rave reviews don't complain about the noise, but I remember it made a thump, thump, thump as it ran that day. Again, I have only seen it run once, not really sure if it's doing anything for the town according to the reviews... You're insane. Either that or FOX told you they were loud. http://www.gereports.com/how-loud-is-a-wind-turbine/ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JD0v9_zV2uk http://www.smallwindtips.com/2009/12...urbine-really/ Hmmm GE says wind turbines don't make noise. That is like the UMW talking about clean coal. If you live in the big city and are used to noise, they are not bad but there is a noise. I am sure it is something you can ignore if they are paying you enough to put the turbines there. Did you notice there are other links as well? Again, I also have first hand experience. Usually the prevailing winds make much more noise than the turbines. Did you watch the video? That's what I heard as well, nothing. --------------------------- Depends on the design. I live in sight of Altamont Pass. The older turbines are noisy. They are removing lots of the older smaller units and putting in the big 300' diameter generators. Part of the problem with the older faster ones is the bird kills. Do a Google on bird kills and wind farms. Lots of the enviros are very down on the farms for this very reason. Lots of the problem is it is raptors getting killed as most of the land is open grazing land and lots of ground squirrels to attract the Raptors, Golden Eagles especially. the other problem is wind speed. They shut them down when the wind is blowing too fast as well as not fast enough. In other words, they aren't up to it.. Something I have been saying for years.. --------------------------------- They are up to it, but they are not going to replace a very big percentage of our power requirements. I dunno, I am getting the impression the more I look that they are creating more maintenance jobs, than electricity... I will look into it a bit more but I really don't hear a lot about successful "farms" and most times when I see them in the northeast, they are not moving. Just sayin'. |
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