Comments on: FLOATING WIND TURBINES IN THE NORTH SEA http://www.inhabitat.com/2007/07/02/floating-wind-turbines-in-the-north-sea/ Future-forward design for the world you inhabit Sat, 21 Nov 2009 15:00:12 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: dannielle.makerhttp://www.inhabitat.com/2007/07/02/floating-wind-turbines-in-the-north-sea/comment-page-1/#comment-97476 dannielle.maker Wed, 27 Aug 2008 09:28:54 +0000 http://www.inhabitat.com/2007/07/02/floating-wind-turbines-in-the-north-sea/#comment-97476 hi i am dannielle and your websight is so cool hi i am dannielle and your websight is so cool

]]> By: zealerhttp://www.inhabitat.com/2007/07/02/floating-wind-turbines-in-the-north-sea/comment-page-1/#comment-87084 zealer Wed, 02 Jul 2008 03:48:42 +0000 http://www.inhabitat.com/2007/07/02/floating-wind-turbines-in-the-north-sea/#comment-87084 All is lost, all is lost, we are doomed.oil and natural gas are transported through thousands of miles of pipelines and there are thousands of oil and gas platforms.windmills don't leak All is lost, all is lost, we are doomed.

oil and natural gas are transported through thousands of miles of pipelines and there are thousands of oil and gas platforms.

windmills don’t leak

]]> By: Solving the World Energy Problem - How To Grow Your Blog Traffichttp://www.inhabitat.com/2007/07/02/floating-wind-turbines-in-the-north-sea/comment-page-1/#comment-56299 Solving the World Energy Problem - How To Grow Your Blog Traffic Mon, 15 Oct 2007 19:54:37 +0000 http://www.inhabitat.com/2007/07/02/floating-wind-turbines-in-the-north-sea/#comment-56299 [...] Hydro has plans to create floating wind turbines in [...] [...] Hydro has plans to create floating wind turbines in [...]

]]> By: Burnerjackhttp://www.inhabitat.com/2007/07/02/floating-wind-turbines-in-the-north-sea/comment-page-1/#comment-49181 Burnerjack Tue, 17 Jul 2007 14:43:56 +0000 http://www.inhabitat.com/2007/07/02/floating-wind-turbines-in-the-north-sea/#comment-49181 The USA can and has done a lot in the way of technology. We could do a lot more. We can go to the moon. We can spend a BILLION DOLLARS on a space station( couldn't find a better way to spend it?). We COULD have spent it on RE deployment but somehow the space station was more pressing(?). It is absolutely true that money makes the world go round. Why America is not at the forefront of RE deployment is truly a travisty. I'm going to take a guess that the American Public DOES care, WANTS RE but those in power have not positioned themselves to reap the lion's share of the profit yet. While I'm grandstanding, I'll take another guess and say that if the American government aligned themselves more closely with the American People, the country would be received much more warmly than it is presently and the American People would not be as resentful and resented as much around the world. The USA can and has done a lot in the way of technology. We could do a lot more. We can go to the moon.
We can spend a BILLION DOLLARS on a space station( couldn’t find a better way to spend it?).
We COULD have spent it on RE deployment but somehow the space station was more pressing(?).
It is absolutely true that money makes the world go round. Why America is not at the forefront of RE deployment is truly a travisty. I’m going to take a guess that the American Public DOES care, WANTS RE
but those in power have not positioned themselves to reap the lion’s share of the profit yet.
While I’m grandstanding, I’ll take another guess and say that if the American government aligned themselves more closely with the American People, the country would be received much more warmly than it is presently and the American People would not be as resentful and resented as much around the world.

]]> By: Erichttp://www.inhabitat.com/2007/07/02/floating-wind-turbines-in-the-north-sea/comment-page-1/#comment-49134 Eric Tue, 17 Jul 2007 06:18:23 +0000 http://www.inhabitat.com/2007/07/02/floating-wind-turbines-in-the-north-sea/#comment-49134 If you like to have light and heat and things that make you not a 3rd world country then do whatever it takes to keep the night out. generate electricity, if you have any questions about how or what life was like w/o it check out some old books from the turn of the last century, Electricity is what defines us as civilized countrys. Be glad that you have time to usa bash, w/o electricity we'd all be really busy washing clothes, heating with wood or coal, spending lots of time foraging for food. There'd be less bashing and more really tedious work, however we're all an awful lot alike in any scheme of things. Except the us has an awful lot of really hot chicks. I love that we've got hot chicks, woo hoo! If you like to have light and heat and things that make you not a 3rd world country then do whatever it takes to keep the night out. generate electricity, if you have any questions about how or what life was like w/o it check out some old books from the turn of the last century, Electricity is what defines us as civilized countrys. Be glad that you have time to usa bash, w/o electricity we’d all be really busy washing clothes, heating with wood or coal, spending lots of time foraging for food. There’d be less bashing and more really tedious work, however we’re all an awful lot alike in any scheme of things. Except the us has an awful lot of really hot chicks. I love that we’ve got hot chicks, woo hoo!

]]> By: davea0511http://www.inhabitat.com/2007/07/02/floating-wind-turbines-in-the-north-sea/comment-page-1/#comment-48732 davea0511 Mon, 09 Jul 2007 21:24:55 +0000 http://www.inhabitat.com/2007/07/02/floating-wind-turbines-in-the-north-sea/#comment-48732 USA bashers: Its all financially driven (not Bush driven) ... our petro (and eletricity) is and always has been almost 50% cheaper than yours so the market pressure has never been there for widespread US adoption of green-policies. Although the solution lies in huge taxes and fines for CO2 production (which fines will create the incentive), sadly that won't happen just like it doesn't happen in your country. Your country has other financial incentives pushing green-policies ie. you just don't have cheap energy like we do. Green-energy provides an immediate cost benefit for itself in europe. It doesn't here. So the fact that 50% green R&D occurs here says a lot. When the results provide competition to grid it will then be scalable - and that research is mostly done here. USA bashers: Its all financially driven (not Bush driven) … our petro (and eletricity) is and always has been almost 50% cheaper than yours so the market pressure has never been there for widespread US adoption of green-policies. Although the solution lies in huge taxes and fines for CO2 production (which fines will create the incentive), sadly that won’t happen just like it doesn’t happen in your country. Your country has other financial incentives pushing green-policies ie. you just don’t have cheap energy like we do. Green-energy provides an immediate cost benefit for itself in europe. It doesn’t here. So the fact that 50% green R&D occurs here says a lot. When the results provide competition to grid it will then be scalable – and that research is mostly done here.

]]> By: Sheep Guarding Llama » July 8, 2007: Wrapping Up a Video Game Weekend.http://www.inhabitat.com/2007/07/02/floating-wind-turbines-in-the-north-sea/comment-page-1/#comment-48717 Sheep Guarding Llama » July 8, 2007: Wrapping Up a Video Game Weekend. Mon, 09 Jul 2007 17:50:38 +0000 http://www.inhabitat.com/2007/07/02/floating-wind-turbines-in-the-north-sea/#comment-48717 [...] Here is a really cool idea: wind turbines that float in the ocean! [...] [...] Here is a really cool idea: wind turbines that float in the ocean! [...]

]]> By: .bootstrap » Floating Windmills in the North Sea to Generate Sustainable Electricityhttp://www.inhabitat.com/2007/07/02/floating-wind-turbines-in-the-north-sea/comment-page-1/#comment-48712 .bootstrap » Floating Windmills in the North Sea to Generate Sustainable Electricity Mon, 09 Jul 2007 17:00:00 +0000 http://www.inhabitat.com/2007/07/02/floating-wind-turbines-in-the-north-sea/#comment-48712 [...] read more | digg story [...] [...] read more | digg story [...]

]]> By: Pavlhttp://www.inhabitat.com/2007/07/02/floating-wind-turbines-in-the-north-sea/comment-page-1/#comment-48702 Pavl Mon, 09 Jul 2007 13:59:34 +0000 http://www.inhabitat.com/2007/07/02/floating-wind-turbines-in-the-north-sea/#comment-48702 On the topic of unforeseen consequences... I wonder what the vibration from these does to the water around them? Will this make fish go mad? Will it drowned out the long-range whale songs? I have a neighbor who uses a small windmill to vibrate the ground and keep gophers away which lead me to this line of thought.Any one have an educated guess on this? On the topic of unforeseen consequences… I wonder what the vibration from these does to the water around them? Will this make fish go mad? Will it drowned out the long-range whale songs? I have a neighbor who uses a small windmill to vibrate the ground and keep gophers away which lead me to this line of thought.

Any one have an educated guess on this?

]]> By: James Wolfehttp://www.inhabitat.com/2007/07/02/floating-wind-turbines-in-the-north-sea/comment-page-1/#comment-48699 James Wolfe Mon, 09 Jul 2007 13:05:34 +0000 http://www.inhabitat.com/2007/07/02/floating-wind-turbines-in-the-north-sea/#comment-48699 One thing that always concerns me is the unintended consequences of our actions. In order to delay or prevent one outcome we cause something else to happen which could be far worse. For example why does Mars not have much of an atmosphere? Becauase it was blown away by solar wind. Why? Because it has no magnetic shield to protect it. Why? Because it's core has cooled and is solid and does not rotate to create a magnetic shield. So what do we do? We tap the geothermal energy of our core to generate electricity and cause our core to cool faster. The reason why our planet is not too hot or cold is because heat is transfered from one side of the planet to the other by wind. So what do we do? We create wind mills to capture that energy and slow down the flow of heat from one side to the other. What will that do? You see the problem? How do we know what the long term effects are from our actions? One thing that always concerns me is the unintended consequences of our actions. In order to delay or prevent one outcome we cause something else to happen which could be far worse. For example why does Mars not have much of an atmosphere? Becauase it was blown away by solar wind. Why? Because it has no magnetic shield to protect it. Why? Because it’s core has cooled and is solid and does not rotate to create a magnetic shield. So what do we do? We tap the geothermal energy of our core to generate electricity and cause our core to cool faster. The reason why our planet is not too hot or cold is because heat is transfered from one side of the planet to the other by wind. So what do we do? We create wind mills to capture that energy and slow down the flow of heat from one side to the other. What will that do? You see the problem? How do we know what the long term effects are from our actions?

]]> By: Flydende vindmøller på Vedvarende Energihttp://www.inhabitat.com/2007/07/02/floating-wind-turbines-in-the-north-sea/comment-page-1/#comment-48696 Flydende vindmøller på Vedvarende Energi Mon, 09 Jul 2007 12:08:32 +0000 http://www.inhabitat.com/2007/07/02/floating-wind-turbines-in-the-north-sea/#comment-48696 [...] Flydende vindmøller placeret på dybder helt op til 700 m giver helt nye muligheder for at udnytte det enorme vindenergipotentiale , der ligger gemt i Nordsøens kraftige vinde. Indtil videre har det været økonomisk ikke været muligt/fornuftigt at satse på flydende vindmøller, men dette udforderer Hydro nu: Floating windmills. På bloggen Inhabitat kan du finde flere billeder og tanker om de flydende vindmøller. [...] [...] Flydende vindmøller placeret på dybder helt op til 700 m giver helt nye muligheder for at udnytte det enorme vindenergipotentiale , der ligger gemt i Nordsøens kraftige vinde. Indtil videre har det været økonomisk ikke været muligt/fornuftigt at satse på flydende vindmøller, men dette udforderer Hydro nu: Floating windmills. På bloggen Inhabitat kan du finde flere billeder og tanker om de flydende vindmøller. [...]

]]> By: pmhhttp://www.inhabitat.com/2007/07/02/floating-wind-turbines-in-the-north-sea/comment-page-1/#comment-48688 pmh Mon, 09 Jul 2007 08:19:10 +0000 http://www.inhabitat.com/2007/07/02/floating-wind-turbines-in-the-north-sea/#comment-48688 Michael V says (paraphrased): Big Oil will prevent this from being realized in the US.No, the so called conservationists like Ted Kennedy will prevent projects such as this from being realized in the US:http://www.cleanpowernow.org/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=369 Michael V says (paraphrased): Big Oil will prevent this from being realized in the US.

No, the so called conservationists like Ted Kennedy will prevent projects such as this from being realized in the US:

http://www.cleanpowernow.org/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=369

]]> By: Glorybehttp://www.inhabitat.com/2007/07/02/floating-wind-turbines-in-the-north-sea/comment-page-1/#comment-48681 Glorybe Mon, 09 Jul 2007 05:28:46 +0000 http://www.inhabitat.com/2007/07/02/floating-wind-turbines-in-the-north-sea/#comment-48681 Harvesting wind energy at sea makes a great deal of sense simply because there is usually a great deal more wind at sea. Also many land areas are highly developed and there is little room for windmills in those areas. Perhaps we will see some sort of energy conversion at the site. For example the wind could generate energy to separate water into hydrogen and oxygen and those products could be sent on shore for use there. I also have hope that fish farming might increase and perhaps a floating farm could be attached to these rigs. Obviously we will also need nuclear power units for quite some time to come but just maybe we can harvest wind and solar energy and clean up some of the mess we have already made. Harvesting wind energy at sea makes a great deal of sense simply because there is usually a great deal more wind at sea. Also many land areas are highly developed and there is little room for windmills in those areas. Perhaps we will see some sort of energy conversion at the site. For example the wind could generate energy to separate water into hydrogen and oxygen and those products could be sent on shore for use there. I also have hope that fish farming might increase and perhaps a floating farm could be attached to these rigs. Obviously we will also need nuclear power units for quite some time to come but just maybe we can harvest wind and solar energy and clean up some of the mess we have already made.

]]> By: JLuchttp://www.inhabitat.com/2007/07/02/floating-wind-turbines-in-the-north-sea/comment-page-1/#comment-48680 JLuc Mon, 09 Jul 2007 05:20:35 +0000 http://www.inhabitat.com/2007/07/02/floating-wind-turbines-in-the-north-sea/#comment-48680 "I am an american no longer living the US and my god, am I ashamed of my country. All the government care about at this point in time is the materialistic, minute problems rather then the more important problems which would cost them money to sort."Actually, one of the big problems with Bush is how much of a money-waster his administration has been. You would think that Republicans would understand how crappy he is at controlling government spending. But, no, they are too busy getting outraged about stem-cell research and gay marriages. But it won them 2004 ;-)How people think that Bush is good for business staggers my mind, unless you are on the Pentagon suppliers list or a chum of Cheney's. And, face it, whatever war America is fighting with terrorists is not being waged very efficiently by this inept administration. That said, I generally like Americans, and America, and I wish you would get over the Republican/Democrat divide, tempest in a tea cup really, and get a grip on your country's image problem, including global warming. It's not really a happy place becoming a country everybody fears. “I am an american no longer living the US and my god, am I ashamed of my country. All the government care about at this point in time is the materialistic, minute problems rather then the more important problems which would cost them money to sort.”

Actually, one of the big problems with Bush is how much of a money-waster his administration has been. You would think that Republicans would understand how crappy he is at controlling government spending. But, no, they are too busy getting outraged about stem-cell research and gay marriages. But it won them 2004 ;-)

How people think that Bush is good for business staggers my mind, unless you are on the Pentagon suppliers list or a chum of Cheney’s. And, face it, whatever war America is fighting with terrorists is not being waged very efficiently by this inept administration. That said, I generally like Americans, and America, and I wish you would get over the Republican/Democrat divide, tempest in a tea cup really, and get a grip on your country’s image problem, including global warming. It’s not really a happy place becoming a country everybody fears.

]]> By: Jonhttp://www.inhabitat.com/2007/07/02/floating-wind-turbines-in-the-north-sea/comment-page-1/#comment-48679 Jon Mon, 09 Jul 2007 05:15:33 +0000 http://www.inhabitat.com/2007/07/02/floating-wind-turbines-in-the-north-sea/#comment-48679 Maybe also add some hydro in there at the bottom for wind & water combo power Maybe also add some hydro in there at the bottom for wind & water combo power

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