Even the force of a hurricane, which at least has a long wind up and warning time, can't match the explosive and random fury of a tornado's touchdown and destruction.
But anti-wind farm campaigners have long disputed claims that wind turbines help reduce carbon emissions.
Technology advances in the last few years have replaced older, faster-moving windmills with new, self-monitoring turbines whose 150-foot long blades adjust to wind direction and speed.
Professor SAPOLSKY: And if you are highly accomplished, creative and you've been doing this for a long time, you wind up suffering from this horribly debilitating state, which is you've become eminent.
Wind turbines can only supply electricity when the wind blows, and as long as inexpensive energy storage remains elusive, utility companies will have to combine wind with a resource that can be banked in reserve, like gas.
There are thousands of workers around the country right now building long-lasting batteries and wind turbines.
Cape Wind has signed long-term contracts to sell 78% of its power to the state's largest utilities.
There are thousands of workers today building long-lasting batteries and wind turbines and solar panels all across the country.
Thousands of Americans here in Colorado and all across the country have jobs today building wind turbines and long-lasting batteries, solar panels.
Today, thousands of Americans have jobs building wind turbines and long-lasting batteries.
There are thousands of workers all across America, including here in Florida, that are building long-lasting batteries and wind turbines and solar panels.
Today, there are thousands of workers building long-lasting batteries and wind turbines, and working to figure out new sources of fuel all across the country.
Thousands of Americans have jobs today building wind turbines, long-lasting batteries.
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The University of Reading says it is coming in the form of atmospheric rivers - narrow bands of atmospheric moisture, thousands of kilometres long, transported by the wind.
In the long run Mr Obama would wind Fannie and Freddie down, and has suggested replacements including a federal guarantee to be activated during crises or federal reinsurance sold as a backstop to private insurers.
Moving forward, we will continue to invest in new technologies that put Americans to work in the jobs of tomorrow -- from building advanced wind turbines and long-lasting batteries to developing cutting-edge clean coal technologies and next generation biofuels.
Under the terms of the deal, current shareholders in Verde will have the option of selling their shares or rolling them into the new company, as long as Brookfield and Hillwood wind up with at least 55% of the company.
After 30 years of inaction, we raised fuel standards so that by the middle of the next decade, cars and trucks will go twice as far on a gallon of gas. (Applause.) We have doubled our use of renewable energy, and thousands of Americans have jobs today building wind turbines and long-lasting batteries.
Luckily, we won't have to wait long to see which way the wind is blowing.
We've got thousands of workers building long-lasting batteries, building wind turbines all across the country.
It is uncertain how long the case will take to wind its way through the legal channels.
Over the long term, insists Tanti, wind power will be competitive with fossil fuel power even without subsidies.
We've got thousands of workers here in Ohio and across the country building long-lasting batteries, building wind turbines.
But we are a precious long way from using solar and wind power to replace oil in any noticable way.
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"We continue to tell everyone on Capitol Hill you need long-term policies to get long-term growth in the wind industry, " Kelley said.
Today there are thousands of workers here in Ohio and all across the country building long-lasting batteries, building wind turbines, building clean energy sources for the future.
Next week, Wetstone expects a vote in the U.S. House of Representatives on his group's most important legislative priority, a long-term extension of the wind energy production tax credit (PTC).
Stunted by wind, frozen earth and long winters, the forest has grown considerably slower than Astana itself.
Two recent announcements go a long way to solving these problems for wind farm developers and owners.
Based on the results of cost-benefit analysis, state regulators would potentially require investor-owned utilities to enter long-term contracts to buy offshore wind power.
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