Re: [Phys-l] global temperatures -- a modest proposal

[Bernard Cleyet <bernardcleyet@redshift.com>]

Calculating the "wind resistance" of current ones, I think is an easy  
engineering exercise.  The blades are made to be completely feathered  
already?

bc uses google to spell.

top of the list:

http://www.freepatentsonline.com/4462753.html


p.s. lotsa wind here.  I know. I was on a ferry during a Beaufort 9  
off of Sweden

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_offshore_wind_farms



On 2009, Apr 07, , at 18:28, Hugh Haskell wrote:

>  I don't have a
> good feel for how large wind turbines (5 MW and up) handle gale force
> winds or higher, but if they are going to have to be replaced too
> often due to wind damage, that makes New England offshore electricity
> less attractive.