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quaker bill

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7. A dude who needs to sit out a hurricane

Reply to Are_grits_groceries (Original post)

Thu Feb 26, 2015, 06:31 AM

Feb 2015

so he can understand how small we are.

A typical hurricane releases the equivalent energy of Hiroshima size nuke every minute for more than a week. Even then it represents only a tiny fraction of the total wind energy on the planet.

Now when we get technology that can snuff a hurricane out and put the energy into the grid, I might begin to be concerned.

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'Wind is a finite resource...' [View all] Are_grits_groceries Feb 2015 OP

He is so wrong Kalidurga Feb 2015 #1

Behind those rat like eyes and that stupid grin; a hollowed out cavity Rex Feb 2015 #2

Idiot Bagsgroove Feb 2015 #3

As long as we have windbags like Joe, wind is a renewable resource. Downwinder Feb 2015 #4

Consider the source. bulloney Feb 2015 #5

Teh stupid. It BURNS! n/t eridani Feb 2015 #6

A dude who needs to sit out a hurricane quaker bill Feb 2015 #7