MLB's rush to global warming investment runs into bad weather

In the cold winter when you need 'renewable' energy, don't count on biodiesel, wind turbines/farms, or solar panels:

• (NY Times, Galbraith): "This time of year, wind turbine blades
• ice up,

• biodiesel congeals in tanks and

• solar panels produce less power because there is not as much sun.

And perhaps most irritating to the people who own them, the panels become covered with snow,

• rendering them useless even in bright winter sunshine....

In January 2007, a bus stalled in the middle of the night on Interstate 70 in the Colorado mountains.

• The culprit was a 20 percent biodiesel blend that congealed in the freezing weather,

according to John Jones, the transit director for the bus line, Summit Stage. (Biodiesel is a diesel substitute, typically made from vegetable oil, that is used to displace some fossil fuels.)...

• Winter may pose even bigger safety hazards in the vicinity of
• wind turbines. Some observers say

• the machines can hurl chunks of ice as they rotate."...

Hey, what about solar energy! Oops...

• (NY Times): "Days are shorter and the sun is lower in the sky during the winter, ensuring less power production.

Even in northern California, with mild winters and little snow, solar panels can generate about half as much as in the summer, depending on how much they are tilted....

• Occasionally,...the (wind) turbines will shut down or set off alarms if it is too cold,

• and workers must brave the elements to fix them.

For homeowners, the upkeep of their power sources can also be a bother....

• Experts say that if even one cell in a (solar) panel is covered, the panel will not produce power."...via Lucianne.com, 12/25/08

(Billions of are invested in new 'green' ventures like these. MLB teams are invested in some of them. I understand--none of this matters). sm

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