First Town In US To Become 100% Wind Powered

gundar99 writes "Rock Port Missouri, population 1,300, is the first 100% wind-powered city in the US. Loess Hill Wind Farm, with four 1.25-MW wind turbines, is estimated to generate 16 gigawatt hours (16 million kilowatt hours) of electricity annually. 13 gigawatt hours of electricity have historically been consumed annually by the residents and businesses of this town."

Moving Air

[corsec67]

Would the wind turbines be more efficient if they brought a bunch of politicians into the town?

Re:Moving Air

[Anonymous Coward]

Would the wind turbines be more efficient if they brought a bunch of politicians into the town?

Unfortunately, no. All they're blowing is hot air, so it would rise too quickly to be of any use.

Re:1.51 Gigawatts

[xero314]

That's 1.21 Gigawatts, but nice try.

Technically 2nd

[nick_davison]

Washington has been run on pure hot air for decades.

Re:Where does the energy come from?

[DAldredge]

That yellow think in the sky that makes your skin warm is supplying the energy.

Re:Moving Air

[icejai]

Unfortunately no.

All the politicians out there that blow hot air all suck as well.

You want a heat converter

[spun]

Would the wind turbines be more efficient if they brought a bunch of politicians into the town?

It's hot air, but it's not moving very fast and there's a hell of a lot turbulence. I'm thinking politician fueled Stirling engine.

Now, is there any place where a large number of our founding father's are buried? Because we could double our efficiency by putting the politicians over their graves and harnessing the founding father's spinning motion.

Wind can't do it.

[NotBornYesterday]

I'm sorry. But the only power source capable of generating 1.21 gigawatts of electricity is a bolt of lightning. And unfortunately, we never know when or where they are going to strike.

Re:DC... posted by AC....

[yincrash]

Whoosh!

Re:SECOND TOWN!

[Anonymous Coward]

DC was first!

Damnit, zombie Edison, you lost. Get over it!

--The ghost of Nikola Tesla

Re:Moving Air

[deek]

If they blow and suck at the same time, then you're probably right.

But, if they blow then suck, you get electricity.

Man, this post could sure be taken out of context.

Re:big catch

[mrchaotica]

We could use New Orleans; it's already got the pumps, and it's been demonstrated that it's good at holding water...

(Burn, karma, burn!)

Re:You want a heat converter

[Anonymous Coward]

The revolution lives.

RP4P

Re:Moving Air

[Agripa]

Would the wind turbines be more efficient if they brought a bunch of politicians into the town?

Only if you mounted the politicians to the blades.

Re:Yay for wind, uh...not?

[MadMidnightBomber]

When I first came here, this was all swamp. Everyone said I was daft to build a windfarm on a swamp, but I built it all the same, just to show them. It sank into the swamp. So I built a second one. That sank into the swamp. So I built a third. That burned down, fell over, then sank into the swamp. But the fourth one stayed up. And that's what you're going to get, Lad, the best windfarm in all of Denmark.

Re:Unless they're off the grid it isn't 100%

[Rogerborg]

SILENCE, DISBELIEVER.

Oh, and anything that you've heard about the nightmare of balancing load and frequency from unreliable sources, and the perfect shitstorm that occurs if the wind suddenly drops just as demand peaks? That's all lies too, spread by BUSHITLAR.

Re:Unless they're off the grid it isn't 100%

[somersault]

I'm an armchair moderator, you insensetive clod!

Re:Wind can't do it.

[Thanshin]

So, what, the you're saying the dungeon masters guidebook isn't historically accurate?

HERETIC! Burn him in the altar to Palor.

What? Just stakes? Gotta be kidding me. Where do you identify your cursed items?

No such thing? HERETIC!!

Re:Moving Air

[phoenixwade]

"What the hell is a gigawatt!?!?"

A unit of power that equals approx 83% of the energy required to initiate the flux capacitor.