Re: First Law (was Re: Yucca Mtn. This should raise some hackles)

[Brian Whatcott <betwys@DIRECTVINTERNET.COM>]

Jim's sentiment does not seem specially cryptic to me.
I take his position to be that  streamline flow of atmospheric winds
is not a heating effect.  And that turbulence from the 15% inefficiency of
windmill blades *is* a heating effect.

Brian

At 10:10 PM 8/6/02, Bernard, you wrote:
> Perhaps JG was thinking weather is so complicated extracting energy could
> result in increased green house or some such, so the result would be a warmer
> atmosphere.
>
> Unless the extracted energy is sequestered, the simple minded result is no
> change in the atmospheric temp.

> > > Has anyone done an analysis on the effect of windmills on our
> > > environment?  -- including the warming of the atmosphere by the churning
> > > blades and the impact of the noise on our ears
>
> > > Jim Green

Brian Whatcott
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