Pfitzy
George Gregan (70)
Aussie D said:
That's friggin brilliant - but not for the obvious reason.
See, a mate and I have long discussed the way in which roads shape our environment. We were at Uni in Wagga when we first met, and it hit me on the drive from Wagga to the coast how big the cuttings through the hills on the Hume were. That sort of thing MUST affect weather patterns in a small way, compounded by the amount of traffic that goes down that stretch of road, emitting carbon molecules the whole way.
As the years went by and wind farms started to get talked about, we considered how "clean green" they were. The issue of the damn things wearing out and being cheaper to replace than repair was well known, but there is a hidden environmental cost; the wind doesn't just blow through like it did before there was a wind farm there. There is no proof that wind farms are zero-impact to the environment like the general public are led to believe.
So this plan to generate wind from traffic sounds great to me. The traffic problem is already there, is carbon-based, and unlikely to go away any time soon. So why not leverage its environmental impact into something good, without really affecting untouched countryside with massive wind farms? (I don't have a problem with how they look or sound BTW).
Imagine when we convert transport from carbon fuels to something cleaner? Then the infrastructure is already in place and the impact is further reduced!
Like I said: Brilliant!
