Comments on: Floating Windmills Are “Invisible” From Shore http://www.crunchgear.com/2006/09/20/floating-windmills-are-invisible-from-shore/ Gadgets, gear and computer hardware. Tue, 01 Dec 2009 16:40:04 -0500 hourly 1 By: Dean http://www.crunchgear.com/2006/09/20/floating-windmills-are-invisible-from-shore/comment-page-1/#comment-4372 Dean Wed, 20 Sep 2006 17:59:11 +0000 http://crunchgear.com/2006/09/20/floating-windmills-are-invisible-from-shore/#comment-4372 Actually, this helps everybody. Even Iowa. First of all, we need to stop thinking about local environments and focus on global environmental issues. What's good for everybody is good for Iowa too. Your Iowa comment shows the fault with this plan - how to transport the available wind energy inland. The proposed solution is use the wind power at sea to create hydrogen which is then distributed inland. Hydrogen requires little energy to create, burns clean (compared to fossil fuels) and offers a fairly even distribution cost - it's light. Actually, this helps everybody. Even Iowa.

First of all, we need to stop thinking about local environments and focus on global environmental issues. What’s good for everybody is good for Iowa too.

Your Iowa comment shows the fault with this plan – how to transport the available wind energy inland. The proposed solution is use the wind power at sea to create hydrogen which is then distributed inland. Hydrogen requires little energy to create, burns clean (compared to fossil fuels) and offers a fairly even distribution cost – it’s light.

]]> By: Peter http://www.crunchgear.com/2006/09/20/floating-windmills-are-invisible-from-shore/comment-page-1/#comment-4370 Peter Wed, 20 Sep 2006 17:35:33 +0000 http://crunchgear.com/2006/09/20/floating-windmills-are-invisible-from-shore/#comment-4370 It's Iowa so who cares...I kid I kid... It’s Iowa so who cares…I kid I kid…

]]> By: FarmBoy http://www.crunchgear.com/2006/09/20/floating-windmills-are-invisible-from-shore/comment-page-1/#comment-4345 FarmBoy Wed, 20 Sep 2006 16:26:40 +0000 http://crunchgear.com/2006/09/20/floating-windmills-are-invisible-from-shore/#comment-4345 And what good does this do Iowa? And what good does this do Iowa?

]]> By: Peter http://www.crunchgear.com/2006/09/20/floating-windmills-are-invisible-from-shore/comment-page-1/#comment-4344 Peter Wed, 20 Sep 2006 16:25:13 +0000 http://crunchgear.com/2006/09/20/floating-windmills-are-invisible-from-shore/#comment-4344 I think it's a big deal because there are more winds out at sea than onland which is going to create alot more power. Well duh that's what it says but I'm too lazy to not post the comment. I think it’s a big deal because there are more winds out at sea than onland which is going to create alot more power. Well duh that’s what it says but I’m too lazy to not post the comment.

]]> By: webonics http://www.crunchgear.com/2006/09/20/floating-windmills-are-invisible-from-shore/comment-page-1/#comment-4339 webonics Wed, 20 Sep 2006 16:19:51 +0000 http://crunchgear.com/2006/09/20/floating-windmills-are-invisible-from-shore/#comment-4339 Ireland has been producing offshore wind farms for a couple years now. The decision to move the wind farms offshore came after protests by residents and politicians concerned with the effect on tourism and the pristine rolling green hills of the isle. One windmill probably doesn't have much impact, but when you have hundreds of windmills in a windfarm, the structures really take away from the landscape. You can find a lot more information on Ireland's windmills and offshore wind farms on the Irish Wind Energy Association's site (http://www.iwea.com). I believe the UK has decided to follow the same protocol with their proposed windfarms. Ireland has been producing offshore wind farms for a couple years now. The decision to move the wind farms offshore came after protests by residents and politicians concerned with the effect on tourism and the pristine rolling green hills of the isle. One windmill probably doesn’t have much impact, but when you have hundreds of windmills in a windfarm, the structures really take away from the landscape. You can find a lot more information on Ireland’s windmills and offshore wind farms on the Irish Wind Energy Association’s site (http://www.iwea.com). I believe the UK has decided to follow the same protocol with their proposed windfarms.

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