"John H." wrote in message
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On Thu, 5 Nov 2009 14:52:46 -0800, "nom=de=plume"
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On Thu, 5 Nov 2009 07:00:24 -0800 (PST), Loogypicker
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On Nov 4, 10:24 pm, BAR wrote:
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On Wed, 4 Nov 2009 17:16:32 -0800, "Bill McKee"
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"Tom Francis - SWSports" wrote
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On Wed, 04 Nov 2009 01:11:04 -0500, wrote:

On Tue, 3 Nov 2009 15:58:30 -0800 (PST), Frogwatch
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My home (Florida) has been completely ruined by tourism
whereas if our economy had been built on energy we'd still have
our
beaches and salt marshes.

Don't be so sure
Have you heard about "Cape Wind"?

Another example of envimoronmentalist hyprocrisy.

http://www.saveoursound.org/site/PageServer

Globe editorials in support.

http://www.boston.com/lifestyle/gree...26/2_tribes_ob...

http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/ed...torials/articl...

Fortunately, it looks like it's going to get done.

http://www.capewind.org/news1018.htm

If Ted Kennedy were alive, it wouldn't be happening. :)

There are proposals to turn old near shore drilling platforms in
the
Gulf of
MX in to Wind Turbine supports. The local indians going to object
to
that
also?

Dunno...

Neighbor, golf and poker buddy, in the energy business, says that the
wind turbines are better at self destructing than they are at
generating
power. The asian and american manufacturers all have the same
problems.
The can't stop the blades from spinning out of control and ripping the
whole unit apart.- Hide quoted text -

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Funny, there's places right here in the U.S. that have thousands upon
thousands of operational wind turbines.

Gosh, with your vast knowledge, it shouldn't be hard for you to show
such a place.

I'd be very interested.


There are something like 4000 near Palm Springs.

There are nearly 5000 at Altamont Pass.

Did they add a few thousand since July?

http://www.awea.org/projects/Projects.aspx?s=California

lol
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Loogy says:

Conservative = Good
Liberal = Bad

I agree. John H


Probably more than 5000. Lots are not running anymore. They have been
replaced by larger, slower turning windmills to reduce the bird deaths. And
the early units were pretty crappy. One of the lakes I used to fish 15
years ago was on the edge of a wind farm. Maybe 15% of the towers had
fallen over.