tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24847368.post290441145363958143..comments2024-01-29T10:04:23.986-08:00Comments on Al Fin Energy: Wind Turbines a Fire Danger to Wildlands, Forestsal finhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13739269791915017382noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24847368.post-33981458862389778192012-04-17T14:51:21.612-07:002012-04-17T14:51:21.612-07:00Historical statistics no longer signify in this ne...Historical statistics no longer signify in this new age of politically mandated big wind.<br /><br />The machines now are much larger, with significantly greater stresses, and higher chances for catastrophic failure from the slightest malfunction. <br /><br />Insurers are quite aware of the danger to individual machines, and it is time for the public to become aware of the danger to wildlands, as huge new windfarms are built into vulnerable areas.<br /><br />We need to revisit this issue in 20 years, by which time you may be ready to begin to understand the magnitude of the problem. Assuming humanity has not already abandoned big wind as a horrendously bad bet by then.al finhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13739269791915017382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24847368.post-64984443501057388782012-04-17T12:51:15.261-07:002012-04-17T12:51:15.261-07:00Wind turbines have about a 0.001% chance of catchi...Wind turbines have about a 0.001% chance of catching fire. There are 165,000 working wind turbines in the world and the over-inflated numbers (including telephone poles and electrical panels) at Caithness show 185 wind farm fire incidents worldwide over the past several decades.<br /><br />Wind turbines aren't a fire threat and you have to be stretching to say so.<br />http://www.quora.com/Wind-Power/How-likely-is-it-that-a-wind-turbine-will-cause-a-forest-fireMike Barnardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17108295071539289986noreply@blogger.com