Comments on: T. Boone Pickens, Billionaire Booster of Wind Power, Cancels His Huge Windfarm

By: Hans-Armin Ohlmann

Hans-Armin Ohlmann — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 22:50:43 +0000

Please kindly provide an e-mail address, where I can send informtion on my unique wind turbine to Mr. Pickens. I am convinced, that he would like to lern about it, since it could revolutionize the now previling wind farm concept. My twin rotor vertical axis turbine uses only 25% of land/area for the sme power output and its logistics re much simpler. It can operate in a wider range of wind speeds and its annual yield (KWHs) will be higher than this of the now prevailing 3-blade HAWERCs.
Thank you for your valuable assistance in advance.
Best regards

OHA

By: George Jetson

George Jetson — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 15:43:15 +0000

Some industries are not content with polluting our nation. They hire scum like “Zach” to pollute the internet as well.

By: WindKnowledge

WindKnowledge — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 12:25:05 +0000

T. Boone Pickens has already purchased 687 turbines and they WILL go up into the air. Just not all in the same place. That is for the ones that can’t read and don’t have a clue about what the’re talking about. Wind is not a business that is hanging on by it’s fingernails. It’s triving as much as ever. I’ve been in the wind energy business for years, and the nut that says that “enormous wind farms are ridiculous” does not realize that every bit of energy that is produced by green methods saves on energy being produced by fossil fuels. And that alone is a plus in helping to save the environment. If America keeps pushing green energy, in ten years, we may only be using half of what we currently are using in fossil fuels to produce power. And as far as the birds being happy, I have never seen ANY dead birds around ANY turbine ANYwhere. Who ever said wind turbines kill birds is a bird brain. Wind turbines are not silent and make quite a bit of noise when running. That keeps most birds away. Those that are not afraid of the sound would have to be blind and deaf to actually fly into one. In that case, they ought not be flying in the first place. People have all these comments and fail to see their number one problem. They think they’re smarter than they actually are.

By: zach

zach — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 18:35:33 +0000

You don’t see something odd about deriding the civilization that created the technology you want to use to end that very civilization? You need industry and a stock market for continued discovery.

By: Helga Vierich-Drever

Helga Vierich-Drever — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 08:40:37 +0000

There are new forms of wind power being developed that are a kind of upright spiral floated on a large magnet, so resistance is almost completely gone, even a tiny gust of wind sets the thing in motion. These are the kind of things you can put on your roof. Just google it, it’s being done. In Germany they subsidized solar panels on residential roofs and the solar field has taken off like a rocket. Personally I think this is the way to go.. then, by 2030 we could have been scavenging all these useless transmission lines for the metal and the wire. Things are damned ugly anyway. However the USA gov’t chose to bail out banks making loads of money instead, and is now bankrupt. It is really sad. Well with luck, the future will see a shift to household self-sufficiency that will be based in rural life. We might even have civilization, of some sort. You don’t need industry and a stock market to have civilization, in fact it appears to be a positively toxic basis for a civilization.

If we have a future life. See: Six Degrees: Our Future on a Hotter Planet http://tinyurl.com/nfaquy by Mark Lynas, and hold on to your hat.

By: zach

zach — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 17:55:09 +0000

Successfully deployed is far different from being a major source of power. It can make sense on a small scale, but enormous wind farms are ridiculous when compared to other generators.

By: geo

geo — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 22:09:50 +0000

“wind turbine energy is an absolute farce”

Huh?

uh it’s being successfully deployed all over the world.

LA has had a huge windfarm in the palm springs pass for over 10 years.

You are an idiot.

By: Chas4604

Chas4604 — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 16:28:48 +0000

I’ll bet the birds are happy

By: Sheldon

Sheldon — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 16:01:07 +0000

I think it’s simple. It’s about money. Pickens tried to get ahead of the curve by investing his sizable fortune in the future. He’s ridden it down to sizable loss. Canceling his GE order is an indication of not putting good money after bad. The future isn’t quite her yet and Pickens isn’t getting any younger.

By: john doerksen

john doerksen — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 23:23:29 +0000

T Boone Pickens is no dummy when it comes to energy. Wind turbine energy is an absolute farce and “T-Bone” finally recognized that fact.

By: zachary

zachary — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 05:32:16 +0000

Brian,
“Future” the operative word. Wind farm is nowhere near advanced enough to be a major part of our energy supply. The problem with putting it in a windy place like Vegas is that it’s the wrong type of windy. Gusts of wind will kill turbines quickly, need steady lower-speed wind. I think wind, along with other greener alternatives such as solar and geo-thermal, will be a great supplement depending on the availability; i.e. Arizona and New Mexico can use solar as a viable option. Yet the backbone of any new power grid has to be powerful, consistent in both supply and price, and available fairly soon. Say hello to your nuclear future.

By: Brian

Brian — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 22:57:46 +0000

Wind sounds like one of the better options for future energy sources. North America needs to get serious about alternate/greener energy, and some industrial scale implementations would help put a sock in the naysayers.

Therefore I say: Go T.Boone!

By: My Reference Frame

My Reference Frame — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 16:00:00 +0000

I agree with Brad: he’s bought the 687 windmills. He hasn’t cancelled anything. This happens on large infrastructure projects. Go to Las Vegas right now & take a look at the their City Center project. He may have cancelled the “huge” windfarm indeed but I don’t think he is giving up on the idea.

By: Jeff

Jeff — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 11:26:13 +0000

Maybe even 68 in each of the ten largest/windiest cities would be doable.

By: Nick

Nick — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 03:05:59 +0000

He should just throw up one giant turbine in/near the 687 largest cities in America. Transmission problem: solved. Of course, might be more or less windy in some cities, but hey, it would be a start, right?