The wind powered UK
Wind turbine producers crank up your production! If Britain’s plans go ahead to power all homes with wind turbines by 2020, there will be unprecedented demand for turbines. Current wind power covers about 2% of total demand. To achieve the optimistic target, large coastal areas will be set aside for power generation, so the view of the coastline will change completely, something we are not sure will be acceptable in such a huge scale. Homes are responsible for almost half of total greenhouse gases and are additionally the weakest link in the fight for green energy as their replacement rate -unlike cars and electronics- is extremely low. In other words it would take almost a century to replace all buildings with energy efficient versions, unlike for example cars that could be replaced in 10 to 15 years. Therefore, the UK’s intended move is wise since feeding inefficient homes with green energy would still do the trick! Here at electronrun we applaud the effort wholeheartedly and wish there would be similar moves elsewhere. We also have a feeling that the wind turbines would make formidable windsurfing slalom courses :-)
Link: CNN
