Critters place

Fairly common site on I-80 through IA. I'm telling ya.....no need to run speeds above the speed limit on that road. You just increase the risk to you and other drivers.

That particular can of coffee is over $6.50/lb at the local sources..... Gonna have to switch to PBR for morning wake up.
 
Rock62 said:
Fairly common site on I-80 through IA. I'm telling ya.....no need to run speeds above the speed limit on that road. You just increase the risk to you and other drivers.

That particular can of coffee is over $6.50/lb at the local sources..... Gonna have to switch to PBR for morning wake up.
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worse at night, that road is!
All the red blinky lights on the distant horizon from the wind farms
 
Hey..... Don't poo on the wind farms in IA. We get a substantial amount of energy from them.

I think (memory maybe in error) the wind farms produce over 50% of the state's needs.

Frankly, I'd like to see more of them. The wind is always strong here.

I've heard the wind is strong here because IA sucks. The corollary is the surrounding states blow. :p:D
 
Rock62 said:
Hey..... Don't poo on the wind farms in IA. We get a substantial amount of energy from them.

I think (memory maybe in error) the wind farms produce over 50% of the state's needs.

Frankly, I'd like to see more of them. The wind is always strong here.

I've heard the wind is strong here because IA sucks. The corollary is the surrounding states blow. :p:D
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if ONLY more birds would be killed and chopped up in those moving blades, becoming near-extinct, then they could ban ALL of those eyesores in the pristine countryside

LOL
 
Yeppers. The maintenance crews are always scooping up piles of dead birds under the things.

As an engineer, I'm always intrigued by large equipment. I had a question in my head if the RPM changed based on wind speed. So, over a few days with varying wind speeds, I determined these machines run between 10-12 rpm. Can't say about tip speed because I don't know the diameter of the blades.

Any way you slice it, those are incredible machines.

FWIW, they don't look any worse than the 100s of grain elevators all over the state.
 
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