How Much WInd For Nothing
Being green is beginning to become increasingly vital all around the globe. The general public is more aware of their attitude and behaviour towards a green planet. We are able to see how folk look for methods to avoid pollution using clean energy, how they find out more about recycling and they drive vehicles with lower co2 emission. As a part of this movement it has in recent times, become more trendy to build tiny turbines onto the roof tops of home properties, even in built up areas. The British politician David Cameron and the US talk show host Jay Leno both added one to their roof tops.
Recently published reports however have branded the turbines useless “Eco Bling”, destroying their once flawless reputation. The reports however tend to be poorly researched and have a biased agenda. A recent report published in the UK stated in its essence that rooftop turbines don’t work. This is no different from saying that cars don’t work off road, but it is common knowledge that there are off road cars. Naturally, the public isn’t aware of wind turbine technology details. The news paper articles confirm just that. Understanding wind energy is just as important as understanding eco washing powders, low energy consumption light bulbs, electric cars, recycling and organic produce.
We know that the public is willing to pay a premium to keep the earth “green”, but when it comes to renewable energy, they are kept in the dark and little is done to educate our communities. There are theories that the public are being made believe by the governments and big businesses that nuclear energy is the only way forward. Nuclear energy is cheaper but far more dangerous. Energy production and distribution remains in the hands of a few and can be tightly controlled. A nuclear power plant is also far more difficult to build, run and own then a wind farm, which can be created and owned by virtually anybody with land and finance and the energy can be sold on to individuals or back to the grid. Naturally, a renewable energy controlled by the many would mean cheaper prices and more competition.
In the case of roof top turbines, little do they know that there are specifically designed turbines to be used on roof tops and in inner city areas that produce energy the way that they are meant to. Cheating is also the continually used statement, that for a wind turbine to work, a minimum wind speed of five meters per second is necessary. That is relevant to standard style small air turbines, but this isn’t applicable to the Japanese Loop Wing which is build for low wind speed in urbanized areas. Reports also say that turbines enormous enough to provide enough electric energy would destroy the house through its vibration. The Loop Wind has tiny and the new V-LIM has no vibration and will not bring down the house.
So we are going to have to hang on and see whether central authorities and companies support new developments in wind turbine technology and educate the public so they can too invest into cleaner energy and not depend on the large corporations to make all energy calls for them.
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