Comments for Oh Great...Global Warming is Slowing Wind Speeds at http://www.ecogeek.org , comment 1 to 9 out of 9 comments http://www.ecogeek.org Tue, 21 May 2013 05:38:27 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://www.ecogeek.org/wind-power/2806-oh-greatglobal-warming-is-slowing-wind-speeds#comment-28301 Crazy how one thing impacts the other - Fred Wed, 08 Jul 2009 08:26:28 +0100 http://www.ecogeek.org/wind-power/2806-oh-greatglobal-warming-is-slowing-wind-speeds#comment-27740 Woah woah woah! Uh, Hank, not that we don't trust your word, but you didn't cite who found the data and what exactly it says! Not that we want to be critical thinkers about this stuff, but we do want to consider the source when we are talking about causality. Before we start getting worked up about drag coefficients and first order wind power we should at least establish some credibility. - solargroupies Thu, 18 Jun 2009 10:47:38 +0100 http://www.ecogeek.org/wind-power/2806-oh-greatglobal-warming-is-slowing-wind-speeds#comment-27717 Chicago's O'Hare airport reported the coldest Summer temperatures since they began keeping records. Of course, it might be the fault of the kid with the Jar in the GE commercials. Maybe Grandpa is having another birthday. - Matt Wed, 17 Jun 2009 13:12:15 +0100 http://www.ecogeek.org/wind-power/2806-oh-greatglobal-warming-is-slowing-wind-speeds#comment-27696 First I want to thank Jerald for pointing out the obvious irony of Hank's statement regarding clouds and sunny days. In fact if anyone that reads this kool-aid is interested in real analysis and climate news read this: http://wattsupwiththat.com/2009/06/14/the-thermostat-hypothesis/#more-8500 and no I am not a wattsupwiththat troll. Another link with analysis of the wind study... http://wattsupwiththat.com/2009/06/16/a-few-thoughts-on-the-climate-change-lowers-wind-speeds-study/ - Cameron Tue, 16 Jun 2009 20:55:48 +0100 http://www.ecogeek.org/wind-power/2806-oh-greatglobal-warming-is-slowing-wind-speeds#comment-27695 Next thing you know, the heat from climate change will create more clouds, which will then decrease the number of sunny days in the sun belt![i][/i] Excuse me but that is the theory of why there can be no run away global warming, cause if there are more clouds the world cools. Perhaps you might want to consider switching sides in the debate:-* - jerald Tue, 16 Jun 2009 19:24:57 +0100 http://www.ecogeek.org/wind-power/2806-oh-greatglobal-warming-is-slowing-wind-speeds#comment-27693 Worse and Worse! - Hank Tue, 16 Jun 2009 17:34:48 +0100 http://www.ecogeek.org/wind-power/2806-oh-greatglobal-warming-is-slowing-wind-speeds#comment-27691 Actually, wind power works on a cubic relationship to wind speed, meaning we are losing 27.1% - Dave Smith Tue, 16 Jun 2009 17:17:48 +0100 http://www.ecogeek.org/wind-power/2806-oh-greatglobal-warming-is-slowing-wind-speeds#comment-27688 Making the change now...scary stuff...but yeah, wind power does increase with the square of wind speed. More bad news...sigh. - Hank Tue, 16 Jun 2009 16:35:59 +0100 http://www.ecogeek.org/wind-power/2806-oh-greatglobal-warming-is-slowing-wind-speeds#comment-27687 I might be totally wrong here Hank, but I just assumed to first order wind power goes like drag with the square of the wind speed, so 0.9^2 = .81 so we are out almost 20%. - Tristan Tue, 16 Jun 2009 16:33:35 +0100