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| 16 Jul 2010 08:44:00 pm |
 Backing out oil with wind: the resource is there |
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For a media project yesterday, our in-house statistical experts were asked to come up with some numbers on what it would take to provide the additional electricity if half of the U.S. auto fleet were composed of plug-in electric hybrids.
Here's what they told us:
If HALF of the U.S. car fleet were plug-in hybrid electric vehicles, and were powered by clean wind energy:
- We would avoid the use of over 60 billion gallons of gasoline annually;
- We would use 3 billion fewer barrels of oil annually;
- We would avoid the emission of 700 million tons of carbon dioxide annually.
Further, accomplishing this level of oil reduction would require only 143,400 MW or 82,000 turbines. That’s less than 2% of the total wind resource potential in the U.S.
Obviously, replacing half of the nation's vehicle fleet with plug-in hybrid autos is not something that's going to happen overnight. We're just saying, there is far more than enough resource in the mighty wind river flowing by above our heads to do the job. |
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Category : AWEA News
| Posted By : Tom Gray |
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| 16 Jul 2010 06:16:06 pm |
| Support for wind energy in Ontario is strong, poll shows |
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A new survey released today by the Canadian Wind Energy Association shows that nine out of ten citizens in the province of Ontario support wind energy because of its environmental and economic benefits. The poll counteracts recent attempts by some wind opponents in Ontario to portray opposition as widespread.
The poll of 1,300 Ontario residents was conducted by IPSOS Reid. An overwhelming number of those surveyed—87 %--also said they believe that wind is less harmful to health than other ways of producing electricity. This finding is a particular blow to those opponents in Canada who have suggested that the sound from turbines has ill health effects.
The survey results are available online here |
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Category : AWEA News
| Posted By : Chris Madison |
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