Comments on: Next battle over wind energy in Michigan awaits offshore http://michiganmessenger.com/24374/next-battle-over-wind-energy-in-michigan-awaits-offshore The Michigan Messenger is a local news site covering politics and policy throughout Michigan. Its team delivers original reporting daily. The Michigan Messenger is published by the nonpartisan and nonprofit group American Independent News Network. Fri, 30 Sep 2011 16:19:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: pageiv http://michiganmessenger.com/24374/next-battle-over-wind-energy-in-michigan-awaits-offshore/comment-page-1#comment-17995 pageiv Wed, 26 Aug 2009 17:05:38 +0000 http://michiganmessenger.com/?p=24374#comment-17995 I doubt there would be much debris on the below the mills, what good would a wind mill be if it would fall apart? I could be wrong. Like the last poster said, I doubt the energy result from the mills would be large.<br><br>As a fisherman I wouldn't be surprised if the lake borne wind mills increased fishing prospects around them.<br><br>And I should point out no where in this article is nuclear mentioned, I know we're stuck at the Fed level, but still increasing our nuclear out put would be nice. I doubt there would be much debris on the below the mills, what good would a wind mill be if it would fall apart? I could be wrong. Like the last poster said, I doubt the energy result from the mills would be large.

As a fisherman I wouldn't be surprised if the lake borne wind mills increased fishing prospects around them.

And I should point out no where in this article is nuclear mentioned, I know we're stuck at the Fed level, but still increasing our nuclear out put would be nice.

]]> By: pageiv http://michiganmessenger.com/24374/next-battle-over-wind-energy-in-michigan-awaits-offshore/comment-page-1#comment-11242 pageiv Wed, 26 Aug 2009 13:05:38 +0000 http://michiganmessenger.com/?p=24374#comment-11242 I doubt there would be much debris on the below the mills, what good would a wind mill be if it would fall apart? I could be wrong. Like the last poster said, I doubt the energy result from the mills would be large.<br><br>As a fisherman I wouldn't be surprised if the lake borne wind mills increased fishing prospects around them.<br><br>And I should point out no where in this article is nuclear mentioned, I know we're stuck at the Fed level, but still increasing our nuclear out put would be nice. I doubt there would be much debris on the below the mills, what good would a wind mill be if it would fall apart? I could be wrong. Like the last poster said, I doubt the energy result from the mills would be large.

As a fisherman I wouldn't be surprised if the lake borne wind mills increased fishing prospects around them.

And I should point out no where in this article is nuclear mentioned, I know we're stuck at the Fed level, but still increasing our nuclear out put would be nice.

]]> By: pageiv http://michiganmessenger.com/24374/next-battle-over-wind-energy-in-michigan-awaits-offshore/comment-page-1#comment-8787 pageiv Wed, 26 Aug 2009 10:05:38 +0000 http://michiganmessenger.com/?p=24374#comment-8787 I doubt there would be much debris on the below the mills, what good would a wind mill be if it would fall apart? I could be wrong. Like the last poster said, I doubt the energy result from the mills would be large.<br><br>As a fisherman I wouldn't be surprised if the lake borne wind mills increased fishing prospects around them.<br><br>And I should point out no where in this article is nuclear mentioned, I know we're stuck at the Fed level, but still increasing our nuclear out put would be nice. I doubt there would be much debris on the below the mills, what good would a wind mill be if it would fall apart? I could be wrong. Like the last poster said, I doubt the energy result from the mills would be large.

As a fisherman I wouldn't be surprised if the lake borne wind mills increased fishing prospects around them.

And I should point out no where in this article is nuclear mentioned, I know we're stuck at the Fed level, but still increasing our nuclear out put would be nice.

]]> By: tomstacy http://michiganmessenger.com/24374/next-battle-over-wind-energy-in-michigan-awaits-offshore/comment-page-1#comment-8215 tomstacy Fri, 07 Aug 2009 22:23:02 +0000 http://michiganmessenger.com/?p=24374#comment-8215 More to the point, the NIMBY name calling in this article is ridiculous. The fact is, almost all wind power opponents object to the technology on technical, economic and environmental grounds that apply EVERYWHERE - no just where they (we) live. Wind energy is over one thousand times as land sprawl intensive as any other power source per unit of reliable energy, costs double to produce than what most Americans pay retail, creates emissions intensive and costly burdens on the rest of the load balancing generation fleet due to its rapid output fluctuations, kills hundreds of thousands of birds and bats every year, and simply would never exist without its beginnings at Enron who found clever ways to gain access to American tax dollars in exchange for empty promises. One basic but concise research source is: <a href="http://windpowerfacts.info/" rel="nofollow">http://windpowerfacts.info/</a>. Another is <a href="http://www.windaction.org" rel="nofollow">www.windaction.org</a>. Yet another is <a href="http://www.wind-watch.org" rel="nofollow">www.wind-watch.org</a>.<br><br>A major media source in Australia recently put the issue in perspective. Visit: <a href="http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0%2C21985%2C25877969-5000117%2C00.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,...</a><br><br>A more technical discussion blog from an energy professionals site is: <br><a href="http://www.energypulse.net/centers/article/article_display.cfm?a_id=2078" rel="nofollow">http://www.energypulse.net/centers/article/arti...</a> More to the point, the NIMBY name calling in this article is ridiculous. The fact is, almost all wind power opponents object to the technology on technical, economic and environmental grounds that apply EVERYWHERE – no just where they (we) live. Wind energy is over one thousand times as land sprawl intensive as any other power source per unit of reliable energy, costs double to produce than what most Americans pay retail, creates emissions intensive and costly burdens on the rest of the load balancing generation fleet due to its rapid output fluctuations, kills hundreds of thousands of birds and bats every year, and simply would never exist without its beginnings at Enron who found clever ways to gain access to American tax dollars in exchange for empty promises. One basic but concise research source is: http://windpowerfacts.info/. Another is http://www.windaction.org. Yet another is http://www.wind-watch.org.

A major media source in Australia recently put the issue in perspective. Visit: http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,…

A more technical discussion blog from an energy professionals site is:
http://www.energypulse.net/centers/article/arti…

]]> By: nelanning http://michiganmessenger.com/24374/next-battle-over-wind-energy-in-michigan-awaits-offshore/comment-page-1#comment-8206 nelanning Fri, 07 Aug 2009 18:51:22 +0000 http://michiganmessenger.com/?p=24374#comment-8206 8/7/09<br><br>A wind farm in 600 to 800 feet of water with wind of 100 miles per hour would be a diaster with metal all over the bottom of the lake. Let alone a hazard for shipping.<br><br>Could enough power be generated to offset the shippong? 8/7/09

A wind farm in 600 to 800 feet of water with wind of 100 miles per hour would be a diaster with metal all over the bottom of the lake. Let alone a hazard for shipping.

Could enough power be generated to offset the shippong?

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