Wind Turbines Could Theoretically Power the Entire World, and Then Some


	Wind Turbines Could Theoretically Power the Entire World, and Then Some

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/efdd54f4-ce22-46f7-b4f7-f1b292757e7a/70797622-E4F8-41A5-9D5D-90DDC5DDC624/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/06/24/wind-turbines-could-theoretically-power-the-entire-world-and-then-some/" href="http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/06/24/wind-turbines-could-theoretically-power-the-entire-world-and-then-some/" style="font-size: 11px;">blogs.discovermagazine.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/06/24/wind-turbines-could-theoretically-power-the-entire-world-and-then-some/"><H2><A title="Permanent Link: Wind Turbines Could Theoretically Power the Entire World, and Then Some" rel="bookmark" href="http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/06/24/wind-turbines-could-theoretically-power-the-entire-world-and-then-some/" linkindex="23">Wind Turbines Could Theoretically Power the Entire World, and Then Some</A></H2></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/06/24/wind-turbines-could-theoretically-power-the-entire-world-and-then-some/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/blogs.discovermagazine.com/img/0BFCA4F6-A8D2-45D6-867B-8493231657DF" alt="wind turbines" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/06/24/wind-turbines-could-theoretically-power-the-entire-world-and-then-some/">Sleek, streamlined wind turbines have become the icons of the green movement, but for all the <FONT color="#1c39bb">growth in wind power — it accounted for 42% of all new electricity generation added to the U.S. grid last year — wind still makes up less than 3% of America’s total electricity generation [<A href="http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1906507,00.html" linkindex="27"><EM>Time</EM></A>].</FONT> Its marginal role has led many to wonder whether the technology is worth investing in, and whether <A href="http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/tag/wind-power/" linkindex="28">wind power</A> is capable of supplying enough electricity to meet our needs. To answer those questions, researchers analyzed wind patterns around the world and found that wind power could theoretically supply the entire world with <A href="http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/tag/alternative-energy/" linkindex="29">energy</A>, and then some.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/06/24/wind-turbines-could-theoretically-power-the-entire-world-and-then-some/">The <A href="http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2009/06/19/0904101106.abstract" linkindex="30">study</A>, published in the <EM>Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences</EM>,<FONT color="#1c39bb"> isn’t being presented as a realistic plan to achieve a renewable energy nirvana; it’s simply an attempt to provide a sense of what’s possible [<A href="http://arstechnica.com/science/news/2009/06/potential-in-the-wind-23-times-current-us-consumption.ars" linkindex="31">Ars Technica</A>].</FONT></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/70797622-E4F8-41A5-9D5D-90DDC5DDC624/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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