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Offline Alpha Mare

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Climate Change May Mean Slower Winds
« on: October 14, 2009, 11:02:49 AM »
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The wind power industry requires stiff gusts. Global warming may not deliver

Three decades’ worth of data seemed to point to a future where global warming lowers wind speeds enough to handicap the nascent wind industry.

Most of the locations that showed the most prominent decreases in wind speeds are strung along a corridor stretching from Texas to the Great Lakes that is home to 60 percent of the nation’s installed wind power.

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=climate-change-may-mean-slower-winds
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Re: Climate Change May Mean Slower Winds
« Reply #1 on: October 14, 2009, 11:19:35 AM »
...but we need wind power to save the planet, but if we save the planet, there won't be any wind...

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Re: Climate Change May Mean Slower Winds
« Reply #2 on: October 14, 2009, 11:23:12 AM »
But the average temperature has been dropping since 1998, so wind speeds should have been increasing this past decade.