People have been forced to rethink their preconceptions about the power of wind as, last month, a wind powered vehicle not only travelled four times the speed of wind, but in doing so broke the world record for the fastest moving human on the planet. In a craft called the Green Bird, Richard Jenkins clocked 126.1 mph on a dry lake in Nevada. So whilst there may be some buzz in the news today about the pros and cons of electric cars, it is clear that some people are thinking way ahead of these issues and are exploring technology that could be even greener. http://blog.greenbird.co.uk/2009/03/27/greenbird-smashes-world-record/
This is just the kind of positive news we need to occupy the newspapers when we mention Wind Power. I see too much press coverage for the negative issues around Wind (sound, value for money, building disputes etc). It seems that a coordinated PR campaign needs to sell the messages that Wind Power is good and to engage postive public opinion. I hope more good news will follow soon.
Posted by: Haydn Young | May 01, 2009 at 10:29 AM