Viable Alternative Colorado Energy
With all the talk of high gas prices. New taxes being proposed on sales of gasoline for automobiles, and recreational vehicals, Colorado needs to really consider a viable alternative energy.
Naturally we here have the ability for this. Wind power is something that is natural and non pollutive in form. Some facts about this:
http://www.eere.energy.gov/states/alternatives/resources_co.cfm
Wind Powering America indicates that Colorado has wind resources consistent with utility-scale production. Significant contiguous areas of good resource with embedded regions of excellent resource are found in the eastern quarter of the state. The excellent resource areas within the eastern quarter of Colorado are concentrated near the New Mexico and Nebraska borders. An area of excellent to outstanding resource is located along the Wyoming border north of Fort Collins. The exposed ridge crests of the Front Range, the Continental Divide, and in western Colorado also have good to outstanding wind resource. In addition, small wind turbines may have applications in some areas. For more information on wind resources in Colorado, visit Wind Powering America's U.S. Wind Resource Map.
The Renewable Energy Atlas of the West estimated the annual wind electricity generation potential in Colorado to be 601 billion kWh. The estimate excludes 100% of the following areas, which are assumed to be infeasible for wind development:
Landforms – land with a slope greater than 20%.
All National Park Service lands.
All fish and wildlife lands.
All Forest Service or BLM lands with "special" designations, such as national recreation areas or national wilderness areas.
All bodies of water.
Wetlands.
Urban areas.
The only draw back is that many of the greeners think that wind mills are ugly and detract from the landscape.
Naturally we here have the ability for this. Wind power is something that is natural and non pollutive in form. Some facts about this:
http://www.eere.energy.gov/states/alternatives/resources_co.cfm
Wind Powering America indicates that Colorado has wind resources consistent with utility-scale production. Significant contiguous areas of good resource with embedded regions of excellent resource are found in the eastern quarter of the state. The excellent resource areas within the eastern quarter of Colorado are concentrated near the New Mexico and Nebraska borders. An area of excellent to outstanding resource is located along the Wyoming border north of Fort Collins. The exposed ridge crests of the Front Range, the Continental Divide, and in western Colorado also have good to outstanding wind resource. In addition, small wind turbines may have applications in some areas. For more information on wind resources in Colorado, visit Wind Powering America's U.S. Wind Resource Map.
The Renewable Energy Atlas of the West estimated the annual wind electricity generation potential in Colorado to be 601 billion kWh. The estimate excludes 100% of the following areas, which are assumed to be infeasible for wind development:
Landforms – land with a slope greater than 20%.
All National Park Service lands.
All fish and wildlife lands.
All Forest Service or BLM lands with "special" designations, such as national recreation areas or national wilderness areas.
All bodies of water.
Wetlands.
Urban areas.
The only draw back is that many of the greeners think that wind mills are ugly and detract from the landscape.
