2004-12-02
ELECTRICAL PRODUCTION
Wind Powering | The Oil Wars can be fought on many battlefields | I know I keep harping about wind generation every now and again but let's be realistic | If it is evident that continuted reliance on corporate controlled imported oil is not going to be here forever [we either use it up or it gets priced out of the stratosphere] then we must rely upon other souces of power |
Wind energy is a resource where the technology is readily accessible, the materials required to get into operation do not rely on buying everything from McMegaCorp, and much of the nation [if not the planet] is baseline mapped to show area most likely to be most productive | In other words, we can start doing this right now |
There are some challenges | We can expect to hear opposition from some property owners [most likely, the same folks who move next to dairy farms then complain about the smell of manure] that wind towers might lower their property values ..a phrase than, less delicately put, translates into "I don't want to see the thing" | So local zoning needs to allow for wind towers and siting priorities ought to be established that identify the most likely locations for towers to be placed | Educating the public comes next, to show how the technology can be economical, efficient, locally owned |
It's not impossible to get out from under the yokes of tyrants ~ be they dictators in power, or the market dictatorships of corporate oligarchs | But it does take work | And it requires all of us involved, though we can start with an Army of One | We can use virtually every kind of forum possible, from town meetings to websites to demostration projects | So, let's get to it |
MAP: New England Wind Map
Wind Powering | The Oil Wars can be fought on many battlefields | I know I keep harping about wind generation every now and again but let's be realistic | If it is evident that continuted reliance on corporate controlled imported oil is not going to be here forever [we either use it up or it gets priced out of the stratosphere] then we must rely upon other souces of power |
Wind energy is a resource where the technology is readily accessible, the materials required to get into operation do not rely on buying everything from McMegaCorp, and much of the nation [if not the planet] is baseline mapped to show area most likely to be most productive | In other words, we can start doing this right now |
There are some challenges | We can expect to hear opposition from some property owners [most likely, the same folks who move next to dairy farms then complain about the smell of manure] that wind towers might lower their property values ..a phrase than, less delicately put, translates into "I don't want to see the thing" | So local zoning needs to allow for wind towers and siting priorities ought to be established that identify the most likely locations for towers to be placed | Educating the public comes next, to show how the technology can be economical, efficient, locally owned |
It's not impossible to get out from under the yokes of tyrants ~ be they dictators in power, or the market dictatorships of corporate oligarchs | But it does take work | And it requires all of us involved, though we can start with an Army of One | We can use virtually every kind of forum possible, from town meetings to websites to demostration projects | So, let's get to it |
SOME RESOURCES: Frequently Asked Questions About Wind Generation | US-DOE Windpowering America | AWEA's State Wind Generation Policies | AWS TrueWind's Wind Mapping Services |
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