Dogfoose.com (Michael Kline) » wind power http://dogfoose.com Illustration for children... Thu, 02 Feb 2012 16:28:02 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Both Sides of Wind Power http://dogfoose.com/2010/04/both-sides-of-wind-power/ http://dogfoose.com/2010/04/both-sides-of-wind-power/#comments Mon, 05 Apr 2010 14:21:02 +0000 mikey http://dogfoose.com/?p=616 Continue reading →]]> The upside of wind power is that it works even in the dark (unlike solar power), and it’s something that we don’t need to import. The downside is that wind power doesn’t work when the wind doesn’t blow. In addition, the wind can put a lot of stress on turbine blades, and people complain that they make whirring noises. What do you think?

Images are from Solar and Wind Power, Reader's Digest Children's Books

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An infotoon about the upside of wind power, in that it can still function when the sun goes down.
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