“[In Adelie Land, Antarctica, a howling river of] wind, 50 miles wide, blows off the plateau, month in and month out, at an average velocity of 50 m.p.h. As a source of power this compares favorably with 6,000 tons of water falling every second over Niagara Falls. I will not further anticipate some H. G. Wells of the future who will ring the antarctic with power-producing windmills; but the winds of the Antarctic have to be felt to be believed, and nothing is quite impossible to physicists and engineers.”
![“[In Adelie Land, Antarctica, a howling river of] wind, 50 miles wide, blows off the plateau, month in and month out, at an average velocity of 50 m.p.h. As a source of power this compares favorably with 6,000 tons of water falling every second over Niagara Falls. I will not further anticipate some…” quote by Frank Debenham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/15a/frank-debenham-113221_antarctica_in-adelie-land-antarctica-a-howling-rive_2589727.jpg)
![“[Wind energy] takes a very large footprint on the land, five to 10 times what you'd use for nuclear, and typically to get one gigawatt of electricity is on the order of 250 square miles of wind farm.” quote by Stewart Brand](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/a04/stewart-brand-11295_electricity_wind-energy-takes-a-very-large-footprint_2978879.jpg)
