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I'm talking about 77 (25 c) which is the energy star recommendation for AC settings. Hopefully you're not arguing that it's a necessity that offices in the US are cooled to 72 (< 23 c) or lower while in a place like India, the majority of people have no AC at all.
I use 77° or 25°C in my house. I have no problem with it. But others want it cooler.
The giant remote wind farms are an intermediate stage. The energy to build and maintain a giant high tech windmill limits its usefulness. That starts with industrial manufacture, cranes, long trailers on heavy trucks, and paved roads to remote locations. For all that work, they lose more energy on the long wires to cities. I expect the next stage is smaller windmills, maybe homemade, on farms and on top of tall city buildings. The rest of that stage is using less energy. TV, internet, cars, etc. Gone.
There are a few 'wind farms' in my state with the HUGE windmills that require massive moving equipment to do the installations. But appropriate sites for these are few. At the worst we may end up with a dozen of these wind farms statewide.
What is far more common are homestead windmills that only power a farm. Some of these are DIY units. They might only produce 400 to 2,000 watts which is plenty for a homestead.
The giant remote wind farms are an intermediate stage. The energy to build and maintain a giant high tech windmill limits its usefulness. That starts with industrial manufacture, cranes, long trailers on heavy trucks, and paved roads to remote locations. For all that work, they lose more energy on the long wires to cities. I expect the next stage is smaller windmills, maybe homemade, on farms and on top of tall city buildings. The rest of that stage is using less energy. TV, internet, cars, etc. Gone.
That's a ignorant set of assertions. Wind turbines are gradually increasing in size. They certainly produce much more energy than is required to manufacture and erect them. They also produce a fraction of the environmental damage of a coal fired plant. I recently traveled across the country. In many places these magnificent structures span from horizon to horizon. It something that make one proud.
I thik they are a lot prettier than coal and nuclear plants with giant cooling towers.
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