¶ Wind Power Sequence
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Wind Power Sequence:
"Although five percent of the Earth’s surface can impound Sun energy by vegetational photosynthesis, only one percent of the Sun’s locally impinging energy is actually converted by the vegetation because the vegetation cannot impound the infrared and other radiation energy in the electromagnetic spectrum.
Among the vegetation Sun-energy impounders, no others can match the performance of corn. Corn converts and stores as recoverable energy 25 percent of the received ultraviolet radiation in contrast to wheat and rice-- which average only an 18 - 20 percent efficiency.
These considerations underscore the conclusion that wind power is in a class by itself as the greatest terrestrial Sunenergy harvesting, harnessing, and conserving medium."
¶ Citations
- RBF Ltr. to Mrs. Peggy Rockefeller, 25 May’73
