These days with all of the pollution scientists have come up with some alternative solution to fossil fuel one of these are Wind Turbines. But its not all good as the reporter Angela Kelly says. She explains how wind turbines ruin the British picturesque landscape and, the main problem, they cause flickering in peoples windows. As the sun sets and the sun is only just visible when the wind turbines turn they cast a shadow over the house and then open in sunlight again and then shut it off... etc. As you could probably imagine this can drive people mad. So a company in Denmark invents an amazing new technology that shuts off the windmill during dawn or sunset and leaves it on for the rest of the day.
As you can imagine this article is a bit strange even though there are a lot of windmills in Britain. I never thought there was such a thing as flickering wind turbines but there you go quite cool huh? I never really though of the Danish people as decent inventors but I guess they just proved themselves. I don't think people should be complaining so much though because would you rather have no power or have to stick your head under a pillow?
MLA Citation: Marks, Paul. "Smart Sensors Stop Flickering Wind Turbines." Science News and Science Jobs from New Scientist - New Scientist. NewScientist, 14 Oct. 2011. Web. 29 Oct. 2011. <http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21228346.300-smart-sensors-stop-flickering-wind-turbines.html>
MLA Citation: Marks, Paul. "Smart Sensors Stop Flickering Wind Turbines." Science News and Science Jobs from New Scientist - New Scientist. NewScientist, 14 Oct. 2011. Web. 29 Oct. 2011. <http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21228346.300-smart-sensors-stop-flickering-wind-turbines.html>
I think this topic is interesting. I also don't see why the light is that big of a problem.
ReplyDeleteInteresting... Yes indeed I would prefer to stick my head under a pillow in order to have power. I didn't even know that this was happening in Britain. Good job Danish scientists!
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