Those turbines in the back ground will be spinning madly. I`m glad I took down the old, dead trees down near my house last summer.

 

It doesn't appear to be moving in that picture Morris, maybe the parking brake is on in high winds...

 

The wind turbines do turn off in high winds, and they have a brake mechanism of some kind to keep RPM from going above a certain amount. Not sure how any of that works, but I do know that the wind farms don't contribute much to the Alberta energy mix most of the time.
http://ets.aeso.ca/ets_web/ip/Market...DReportServlet

 

I'm sure they are geared to a maximum speed otherwise they would topple over

 

 

I wondered what happened with turbines in very strong wind, seems like a big waste of money with their low generation rate.

 

Apparently they are profitable, as they are getting built by companies that have lots of other investment options. I don't trust that many people, but I trust well-run large companies to make profitable decisions.

 

Thanks for this info John.
Likely turbines are profitable for someone, hopefully it`s not just the companies producing and selling them.

 

You can find anything on the internet Morris, don't even have to ask nice...lol

 

On the Internet or on Google, both work well.

 

Google is on the internet...

 

That is true, the nice part about Google is that I can use it off of my cell when I`m not on my desktop.

 

You can afford to have a cell phone and internet to boot..wow I'm still on a land line...lol

 

I kind of hate my land line, except for the odd legit call it`s mostly scammers calling. Most people that get a new house don`t bother to get a land line any more around here, especially on acreages.

 

Pretty soon land lines will be a thing of the past. The more cell towers they put up people will eventually be forced to go to cell phones. I wish they weren't so expensive but then I hate being on a phone anyway..