To follow up with the previous post, The Power of Wind, here’s a little something from The New American: Wind vs. Nuclear Power: Which Is Safer?. Basically, it argues that wind farms are more prone to accidents than nuclear plants.
While I don’t want to express my opinion on the matter (one nuclear disaster is far [...]
Significant winds can be a blessing and a curse. In today’s world of depleting natural resources and pursuing alternative energy as a result, wind power has attracted more and more attention because wind is a renewable source of power. However, today’s technology for wind power output cannot meet the high demands of power consumption (see [...]
Have you ever driven a car that vibrated uncontrollably at certain driving speeds, especially on the highway? If you have, you probably noticed that these large vibrations occur when you drive at one specific speed, as shown on your speedometer, and the vibrations die out when you travel a little lower or higher than that [...]
You are probably most familiar with turbulence when you are flying in an airplane because turbulence in the air plays a bigger role in passenger comfort and there is nothing the pilot can really do about it. It’s pretty much a function of the environment and its winds and not the pilot’s skill. But, the [...]
This winter of 2008-2009 has been a rather cold one so far compared to winters of past years, and those people who reside in the northern parts of the world know that the winter months bring snow to the ground. Snow is basically frozen water, and it could be fun due to its fluffy consistency, [...]