Wind Farms in England Generate Power and Their Own Fog. What the what?

England’s not just forward thinking in nation-conquering and tea-drinking, but they’re pretty ahead of their time when it comes to green technologies.  Being a miserably cold and wind-blown island nation, England recently decided to put experimental wind farms near its shores early last year.

The benefits of creating wind farms on the ocean’s surface are that they:

• Don’t take up any potential real-estate.
• Are removed from the view of the general public.
• Are within constant sources of wind throughout the year.

A couple of drawbacks to having them on the ocean are:

• Wind turbines require frequent maintenance…putting them in open water makes maintenance that much more difficult.
• Salt water wreaks havoc on metal and non-metal surfaces.
• Uhhh…it makes its own fog.