Article

2008-04-19 Science & Technology

Archived material is restricted to Rantburg regulars and members. If you need access email fred.pruitt=at=gmail.com with your nick to be added to the members list. There is no charge to join Rantburg as a member.

Posted by Bobby 2008-04-19 07:30|| || Front Page|| [6 views ] Top

#1 Mesa used to own huge tracts of land in the Hugoton gas field - Boone probably remembers how WINDY it is out there (when driving through, your car will jump upwind as you go under an overpass and are still compensating for the wind that is suddenly blocked.)

Posted by Glenmore">Glenmore 2008-04-19 07:49|| 2008-04-19 07:49|| Front Page Top

#2 Mesa leased a lot of land, but I don't recall them buying here in western kansas during the oil boom. Likewise, Sky energy and the others lease the ground and put up the turbines. The most interesting wind farm to me is down by Woodward OK. where it is located on small mesas and on top of the hills as compared to Montezuma where the turbines are laid out in a grid over many acres of wheat ground.

Posted by bman 2008-04-19 10:29|| 2008-04-19 10:29|| Front Page Top

#3 2700 wind turbans be a lot o' turbans.......

Posted by Alaska Paul">Alaska Paul 2008-04-19 14:16|| 2008-04-19 14:16|| Front Page Top

#4 And on calm days we will more likely have power outages as more and more we rely on sources that rely on windy days. I would favor such a system if we also had some mechanism to store power when it was windy and we had excess (a windy night at 3am when it is 70 degrees).

Posted by crosspatch 2008-04-19 14:20|| 2008-04-19 14:20|| Front Page Top

#5 Is wheat planted around the turbines, bman? With the market as it is these days, it'd be a shame to forgo a second source of income.

Posted by trailing wife ">trailing wife 2008-04-19 14:45|| 2008-04-19 14:45|| Front Page Top

#6 Wind power would be a good way to generate hydrogen, but not much use for anything else.

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2008-04-19 18:37|| 2008-04-19 18:37|| Front Page Top

#7 The agricultural practice continues below the turbines. Cattle graze, wheat grows, the turbines are an additional income for the farmer or rancher.

Posted by bman 2008-04-19 19:05|| 2008-04-19 19:05|| Front Page Top

#8 That's ok, then. Thank you, bman -- all your answers have been comforting as well as informative, lately. :-)

Posted by trailing wife ">trailing wife 2008-04-19 21:26|| 2008-04-19 21:26|| Front Page Top

23:37 Barbara Skolaut
23:33 mojo
23:07 Pappy
22:58 Free Radical
22:58 Old Patriot
22:36 Pappy
22:29 anonymous2u
22:27 anonymous2u
22:24 Shinegum Panda5677
22:20 anonymous2u
22:13 Old Patriot
22:12 Frank G
22:11 phil_b
22:00 trailing wife
21:58 trailing wife
21:55 trailing wife
21:51 trailing wife
21:48 Frank G
21:44 Frank G
21:41 trailing wife
21:33 trailing wife
21:28 Abu do you love
21:26 trailing wife
21:24 trailing wife