Wind Energy v. Hurricanes
Oct 06, 2014If you scale up wind power, you won’t just get energy, you’ll stop hurricanes.
If you scale up wind power, you won’t just get energy, you’ll stop hurricanes.
This PBS Video asks, “What happens to nature after a nuclear accident?” In turn, we ask, “How can eco warriors use this information?”
Ghost stories are fun on a long winter’s night, but when real lives are at stake, you need to be able to tell the difference between what is real and what is a phantom, and make your decisions accordingly.
Imagine representatives of every state of the union gathering in a quarry and carving out “Easter Island” style statues weighing as much as their state’s per capita carbon emissions. Now imagine them racing these statues along a famous but now dilapidated route (say, 66).
Which state would win?
How much land area would your state have to set aside for all its resident’s energy needs? It all comes down to the type of energy you use. David MacKay does the math.
NIMBY Land is in search of an energy source with a sustainable, powerful, elegant footprint. Let’s hold a ball and find our Energy Cinderella.
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