One of the big problems with wind power generation is the fact that the wind turbines create ultrasound, and that ultrasound happens to interfere with all sorts of things. Important things such as human health and sanity, and unfortunately, air traffic control radars. There is also risk to wildlife, and wind turbine companies have been quick to collect their subsidies, and investors in the turbines have collected their tax credits, but now "Umm, Houston we have a problem" with alternative energy credits.

Not long ago, I was contacted by an intellectual acquaintance who asked; "is this something someone is already working on, or something you plan to work on [at the think tank]?" You see, he was just wondering, as he had read a little bit about wind turbines and found the entire challenge of wind power quite fascinating. He's right, it really is. So, what is the research doing about this presently? Let's talk.

Many smart engineers are working on these problems and we are using some new shapes for the turbine blades, one that looks like the fins on a Humpback whale, and another which is used by the silent running helicopter blades used by the military, but these appear to be interim solutions. We, like others are running the various designs through virtual simulation software, with some positive results.

Personally, I am concerned with the ability to see aircraft near airports where most mid-air collisions occur, especially since we either have to re-locate the radars further out, facing away from the wind-turbines (significant cost), or skip the concept of wind power within 50 miles of an airport or even on mountain tops near approaches. Further, I live in Palm Desert and 15 miles from here we have tons of wind-turbines, and they do not generate anywhere near what we were promised.

Okay so that's the low-down, and so I asked my acquaintance what solutions he might have or that he believed he might come up with? Now then there was an interesting article recently on the Forbes Blog titled; "Wind Energy's Overblown Prospects" which gets to the heart of yet another matter - namely wind power is inefficient, is unreliable, costly, little or no ROI, kills birds, disturbs airport radars, causes ultra-sound, and actually does not reduce CO2 in our atmosphere because the CO2 used to make the concrete for the base creates more than would be offset over 15-years of optimum wind-speed.

Thus, wind power is not the solution to our alternative energy future. So, indeed, I hope you will please consider all this. Think on it.

Lance Winslow is the Founder of the Online Think Tank, a diverse group of achievers, experts, innovators, entrepreneurs, thinkers, futurists, academics, dreamers, leaders, and general all around brilliant minds. Lance Winslow hopes you've enjoyed today's discussion and topic. http://www.worldthinktank.net/ - Have an important subject to discuss, contact Lance Winslow.

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