Wheres all the electricity when the wind stops blowing?
Strong winds blow down the leeside of the Rocky Mountains. With recent Kyoto related subsidies to encourage wind power development, there is considerable interest in it here. A series of promotional articles in the Lethbridge Herald prompted a letter to the editor noting that the wind power industry rarely mentions the unreliability of the wind as an energy source. The letter was published August 28 under the subject title above. (DRP 03/11/05) August 14 – Surprise! Surprise! Alberta has reviewed Kyoto science Nigel Hannaford, a columnist with the Calgary Herald, lamented Alberta’s lack of study of the Kyoto greenhouse gas management strategy. My letter directed him to the studies already undertaken by Alberta. (DRP 03/11/05) August 7 – More and More Hot Air An article in the Calgary Herald in the early days of the Kyoto greenhouse gas debate revealed a lack of understanding of the role of water vapor. My letter of clarification was published under the title “Not their field” on August
