Are America's Winds Slowing?

Wind speeds, expected to help propel the advance of renewable energy, may be slowing, a cautious new study suggests. Then again, they may be blowing even harder. Full Story »

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Posted by: Posted by J Sinclaire - Sep 29, 2009 - 8:32 AM PDT
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by Fred Gatlin - Sep. 29, 2009

The headline of this article ends with a question mark for a reason. The story has no definite information. One report thinks that wind speeds are slowing and the article has two people that provide information that is not in the study.

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by Chris Finnie - Sep. 29, 2009

This is the second article I've seen on this topic in the space of a year or so. The other presented the same data. That does not seem to be in dispute. It will be interesting to see when they develop some explanations.

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by William Hughes-Games - Sep. 29, 2009

Reporting with admirable caution the curious observation that winds are increasing in some locations and decreasing in others.

With global warming it is reasonably likely that the Hadley cells will shift their locations, resulting in a change in prevailing winds and in ... More »

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by Andrew Kamerosky - Sep. 29, 2009

The title of the article is a little sensational, drawing attention through shock.

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by Theresa Dark - Sep. 30, 2009

I liked the article - Haederle gave both sides to the wind issue. The possibility that the data may not be totally accurate and siting reasons for the inaccuracy demostrates unbiased journalism. I don't know about accuracy of data, but everytime I visited Montana the wind was blowing pretty strong. I hope this information is proven wrong escpecially since the U. S. is pushing hard for wind power.

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