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[gemfyre]

> - how much land would need to be cleared to accommodate the turbine towers?

Does anyone know why wind towers can't be placed on already cleared farmland? Are they too much of a hindrance to harvesters or do they scare cows or something? I imagine some farmers would be overjoyed to recieve the rent paid to them to place a few wind turbines on their properties. At least that would solve the problem of having to clear land.

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[jakie-em.livejournal.com]

The problem with many wind farms is that they are too far way from a centre of population to be effective. ie: tasmania gets batered by the roaring 40's on the west coast, but most of the population is on the east coast. they still have sind farms around straughn, but Hobart is powered by Hydro a fair bit.

I have pics somewhere of the powerlines criss-crossing a nationalpark and hwy in tazzie. You know they are uing "environmentally friendly" means to generate the power going through the lines, but acres of trees were distroyed to give the towns the power.

Windfarms are best near the coast... I know there is another one past geeklong in Victoria, this was there are less hinderances to the wind. they are oftne usually on a hill, caching the wind as it is pushed over the hills. inland you find "poo-power" from pig farms more or hydro. solar is to space intensive and unreliable to be as common as the other forms.

Many farmers put methane power back into the grid and otehr forms of power where they have excess if they are generating their own. so next time you was you hair you can think you your self, was my water heated by shit...