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Old 08-15-2009, 06:15 PM
 
Location: Lewiston, Michigan
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I was thinking, Wind Mills for power always seem like a good idea. Wind is free, and while the cost to build them and put them up, in the end it is a great way to "Go Green".

If we put huge Wind Mills for power along the Shores of the Great Lakes, image what we could do with all that energy?

Hell, put them on top of the Mackinaw Bridge for that matter, and power a city!!

Just a thought. I don't have a degree in renewable resources or anything!!
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Old 08-15-2009, 07:14 PM
 
Location: NW Michigan
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I hope they never will as they ruin the landscape. They don't even generate that much energy anyways. Do you want to see this on the Lake Michigan shoreline?

On a side note, they are wind turbines. They are not milling anything.

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Old 08-15-2009, 09:05 PM
 
Location: SE Michigan
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We have these things in Texas and they are butt ugly. Luckily we have lots of equally butt ugly empty land to put them on here. I can't image lining the great lakes with them. You would ruin one of the defining things about Michigan. The great lakes shoreline. Have you ever seen one of these things come apart? It's pretty spectacular. They aren't the panacea that people think they are.
Just me 2 cents.
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Old 08-15-2009, 09:05 PM
 
Location: On the brink of WWIII
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Governor Jenny ststed that the wind turbine would be the salvation of the MI economy.
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Old 08-15-2009, 09:18 PM
 
Location: Grand Rapids Metro
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Originally Posted by rageman View Post
I was thinking, Wind Mills for power always seem like a good idea. Wind is free, and while the cost to build them and put them up, in the end it is a great way to "Go Green".

If we put huge Wind Mills for power along the Shores of the Great Lakes, image what we could do with all that energy?

Hell, put them on top of the Mackinaw Bridge for that matter, and power a city!!

Just a thought. I don't have a degree in renewable resources or anything!!
Studies have been conducted to build offshore wind turbines in Lake Michigan that wouldn't be visible from land:

http://www.trainingupdate.org/industry-news/Pages/WindTurbinesinLakeMichigan.aspx (broken link)

This idea is gaining traction, from what I hear.
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Old 08-15-2009, 09:19 PM
 
Location: Lewiston, Michigan
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We have these things in Texas and they are butt ugly. Luckily we have lots of equally butt ugly empty land to put them on here. I can't image lining the great lakes with them. You would ruin one of the defining things about Michigan. The great lakes shoreline. Have you ever seen one of these things come apart? It's pretty spectacular. They aren't the panacea that people think they are.
Just me 2 cents.
Regards,
Yeah, when I was in Texas I saw those!! It was insane, there were a TON of them!!!

Well, they could still put them on the Mackinaw Bridge!

But yeah, I agree it would be an eyesore. Wonder if there is any way around that.

Hey, they have invisible drum shells, so you never know!! Now I'm just having fun.
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Old 08-15-2009, 09:24 PM
 
Location: Lewiston, Michigan
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Studies have been conducted to build offshore wind turbines in Lake Michigan that wouldn't be visible from land:

Wind Turbines in Lake Michigan (http://www.trainingupdate.org/industry-news/Pages/WindTurbinesinLakeMichigan.aspx - broken link)

This idea is gaining traction, from what I hear.
Great link magellan!! +rep!

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In October 2008, the Michigan State University Land Policy Institute released a study analyzing wind potential in the Great Lakes and found that 100,000 turbines off Michigan’s coasts could produce 321,000 megawatts of energy.
Does anybody know how much that could power? I am unfamiliar w/ the science involved.
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Old 08-15-2009, 11:23 PM
 
Location: Jacksonville, FL
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Great link magellan!! +rep!

Does anybody know how much that could power? I am unfamiliar w/ the science involved.
I dug up one article that says New York City uses 10,500 megawatts of power during the summer and that basically 1 megawatt can power 350 apartments.

If that article is accurate, 321,000 megawatts of power would be enough to power about 30 New York Cities or probably the entire state of Michigan and then some.

Thanks, also, to magellan for posting that article. I've always wondered about sticking a wind farm out in the middle of Lake Superior ever since hearing about a proposed offshore wind farm in Massachusetts and am glad to see them researching such ideas.
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Old 08-15-2009, 11:46 PM
 
Location: Lewiston, Michigan
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I dug up one article that says New York City uses 10,500 megawatts of power during the summer and that basically 1 megawatt can power 350 apartments.

If that article is accurate, 321,000 megawatts of power would be enough to power about 30 New York Cities or probably the entire state of Michigan and then some.

Thanks, also, to magellan for posting that article. I've always wondered about sticking a wind farm out in the middle of Lake Superior ever since hearing about a proposed offshore wind farm in Massachusetts and am glad to see them researching such ideas.
WOW!! That is just AMAZING!!

I too, and glad they are doing the research!
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Old 08-16-2009, 06:14 AM
 
Location: Michigan
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Governor Jenny ststed that the wind turbine would be the salvation of the MI economy.
I think she was talking more about companies being located here to build them and create jobs. Michigan leads the country in idel manufacturing facilities.
If I'm not mistaken Brighton is home to one of the companies that build these wind turbines.
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