Farming the Wind

Gallery: Man & FaunaPosted June 17, 2012110 views3 comments

The wind farm busness boom half dozen years ago in west Texas made farmers rich and folks hopeful of a energy solution. This was shot near outskirts of Roscoe, Texas. During the height of the boom, farmers were getting up to $25,000 per turbine on their land. here is a wind farm growing out of the cotton fields.

Sony a 700
70-400 G Sony zoom @120mm
Tripod and ball head
ISO 200
f 16 @ 1/350 sec
PS5 corrections

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3 comments

Comment posted by Carl Battreall on June 18, 2012 at 1:16 AM

The question is, are they still popular? And are they producing enough energy? Alaska is just starting to test out large scale wind farms.

Registered on August 29, 2007, 24 Posts, 222 Comments

Comment posted by Rick Turner on June 18, 2012 at 9:51 AM

Green energy has become a stalled vision of the future due to transmission problems of the electricity produced. T Bone Pickens invested 2 billion towards this half a dozen years ago.
The simple answer I think is they are very questionable as to their value vs the damage they due. .

Registered on February 18, 2012, 534 Posts, 2755 Comments

Comment posted by Howard Cheek on June 30, 2012 at 8:28 AM

So that's where all my tax money is going!

I believe there's a place for "alternative" energy, but let the private sector move it forward.
If it's viable, it should stand on its own two feet..Or column in this case

Well done Rick

Registered on July 24, 2008, 1201 Posts, 10758 Comments