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Wind Industry Just Hot Air?

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    Author Scott Anderson argues wind energy is a viable industry in the U.S.

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Will wind power and of the real source of major electricity supply in America or even for jobs according to the latest numbers the wind industry -- what 75000.

Jobs that's how many people woke in the wind industry business.

By the way the fast food chain behind calls junior an -- is.

That's has 70000 workers and an interest in graphic we've got of that calls junior the wind industry okay.

Joining us now is the Green skeptics thought -- -- welcome back gonna be here until lay out my case -- I think the wind industry is a boss.

You can't what you create -- interest in the wind farm you can transfer it along the power lines you lose in interest.

And what currencies that you yeah affect what you create -- -- -- you can't stories we have got the means to do it.

And well that that's my bottom line you can catch up to -- you can't sort of women because under 5000 jobs it's a boss.

075000 jobs and actually better paying jobs in Carl's junior can guarantee -- -- also let's let's get let's give that you know and and I would take the 75000 dollars seven but thousand jobs I don't wanna see those go away.

And I do think it's gonna grow I think the problem with transmission is a real one I think we've got to address that issue -- that's that's a long rest I think it can be addressed -- -- -- massive upgrade -- America's -- place all the transmission line prepay replace the current way we transmit energy have absolutely and also getting it from big we've wind farms where there's a lot of wind like the mid west Texas and moving that into the cities.

That's that's the right at the moment a big public works project -- can't.

-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- In the same way it's on reliable.

As solar is what is it cloudy day I'm the same sword and you know it when it's not windy what are you gonna do -- there there is that if there is a London.

There's always wind it's just -- matter how much and -- with wind turbines there are three variables one is the density of the air.

There's the velocity of the wind and then there's the diameter of the turbines and how much can actually be captured.

Now there's that there's a great best law which was from 1919 this is this -- -- are far back that -- that says.

Wind turbines can only capture 59%.

Efficiency so they can't capture 100% of the win because there'd be no wind to go through the turbines you know thereby.

Generate right there's nothing you know you can't fill that vacuum you've always got to have the backup grid you're gonna always an entity that's gonna have to be a mix absolutely gonna have to be the next OK and there will be -- next storage.

-- door -- you can't you can't still right now current technologies it's very difficult to store in the massive amount that can be generated when there's a huge wins that you agree with the velocity it's Abbas I don't think dialogues phones already there -- I think it's very early stage I think I think there's a lot of room for investment.

Public public and private investment in the -- financial -- well.

We're gonna need to replace this transmission system that we haven't currently because we can't use that capacity.

It's just not Scott you're losing this argument you're gonna happen you'll notice tell me about -- wind farm and how it's working at it in New Zealand.

Okay I -- Obama her -- and I would put up a windmill and we on now it's using it and we are creating electricity -- with self sufficient in energy okay golly that's faster looks though -- only on individuals -- individual LC OK nice breasts and UK -- yes station let me tell it I paid 30000 dollars up front of this thing and it take twenty additional.

I'm holding back and how many bird other had did die.

And I -- outside and inside is bad -- -- not believe me leopard it is a non issue I whatever it is -- There are also really turns out really whether angry Michelle took another entry into this but I thought yeah.

They're -- when his mom.

He's not really practical and is not gonna do today right now today -- wind power has a future at the individual household level I think I think I think distributed wind is a very good when that technology is getting really really good and the small turbines.

Vertical axis turbines.

And I think off shore.

I think it's a very viable solution linking Timothy offshore this big big -- way out there and how they get the electricity from there it into my shoreline is on the table with the labels that's the thing which must have some bad environmental impact relating cable you know goes through her it's official outlined your -- make cable yes but over time now.

Everything that grow over it OK at the moment quickly -- I could swear that for years and years the Green these.

Loved natural gas but now they seem to have turned against that is another big polluters and I think now that we have planned that I will -- against natural gas and natural gas is it really is a really good thing I think it's -- great that here now from these -- here now all of that money into that.

As well you guys that -- drill in New York State don't talk to me about that but I ten.

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Wind power to cleaning up after a fracking and stock tips how to -- -- -- I'll -- thirty years and Nat gas is -- now and we have -- -- -- Saudi Arabia has oil baby and we are gonna need the full complement the full six golf and listen out of time I'm glad you agree with us -- -- -- -- -- much --

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