CA: Out of control windmill prompts highway closures

LA Daily News ^ | 5/3/09

[SkyDancer]

I thought the blades were fixed pitch and governor controlled but I would think that the blades could be adjusted for wind speed as well ... something to research ...they do have brakes since I’ve seen some turning and some not. Also, they could be directional controlled - pointed into the wind ...

[SkyDancer]

Yeppers, that too ... when will RINO’s and Dem/Libs realize you can tax just so much before the economy simply shuts down ...people buy just the bare necessities ....

[djf]

Where the H is Don Quixote when you need him?

[luvbach1]

Let’s hear if for safer power like nukes.

[ThomasSawyer]

Nothing like a beautiful landscape (as per the Greenies), dotted with inefficient, taxpayer-subsidized, 30% availability wind turbines!

They need to locate these where they'll really do some good. My first thought would be the inside the Beltway D.C.

[onedoug]

bump...or “spin”....

[SlowBoat407]

Every time I read about one of these I’m reminded of the article in the book “The 80’s, a look back at the tumultuous decade 1980 to 1989”, published in 1979. It’s a satirical story about a windmill that goes out of control on Timbalier Island, ripping and slashing its way through homes and racking up a huge death toll, and people are left wondering about the cost of wind energy.

That book is full of such prescient stories.

[Yankee]

I got some wind for him, right here.

[steve86]

A broken blade could literally go into orbit.

[PeaceBeWithYou]

Too late.

[Leonard210]

Here's the story with video from KBAK Bakersfield.