Thursday, November 29, 2007

Wind power



As a fan of electricity pylons I suppose I ought to be a fan of wind farms, but Im not
Partly its the noise which is like one of those terrible hums which sometimes appear for days or weeks before disappearing again.
Wind power seems a peculiarly daft way to go in the search for alternative forms of energy, because of its unreliability
Maybe I underestimate the difficulties involved, but why is there not more emphasis in reducing the wastage of the electricity we do generate. By improving batteries or other methods of storage & by reducing transmission losses