Windmill farms

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Originally Posted by Starlady01

Wind mills are a great concept how ever solar is better then wind. Wind mills have to be brought down and serviced one a year. They don't produce as well as solar either. A combination of wind and solar is better then just wind.

You can't make a blanket statement that one is better then the other. There are pro's and con's to all forms of energy production.

There are some parts of the country where the sun rarely shines, but wind is more constant and reliable. There, wind would be a better choice.

There are other parts of the country where there isn't much wind, but there is abundant sunshine. There solar would be a better choice.

Wind can produce day and night.

Solar can only produce during daytime, if its not cloudy.

Solar has a dark side too. The Dark Side of Solar

Much like the nagging sustainability issues that are plaguing biofuel production, making solar panels has a dark undercurrent as well. This weekend the Washington Post published an investigative piece looking into Chinese polysilicon manufacturing companies accused of dumping a toxic byproduct, silicon tetrachloride, into local villages. Polysilicon is the main ingredient in solar panel production and strong demand has led to a boom of low-cost manufacturers in China, which seem to be cutting eco-corners to bring down costs and fill their coffer