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To: Cicero
Wind turbines. The power source that is never there when you need it most.In the recent Houston freeze, about 80 coal and NG plants went down. Nuclear and wind generators kept on pumping ...
28 posted on 02/17/2011 7:13:27 PM PST by SeeSac
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To: SeeSac

Stop this land pollution. Have you seen these eye soars? The generators have to be replaced every 13 months. The kilowatt hour is twice as much as coal and 3 times as much for natural gas generated. Stop this madness quick!!


30 posted on 02/17/2011 7:17:05 PM PST by Benchim
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To: SeeSac

If you wait long enough, almost anything can happen. That was a highly unusual event, and reccurence can easily be prevented if they choose to do the work. But wind power is simply not reliable. It can be used as a supplementary source, but no sane power company would use it as a basic source.

And it is more expensive, unless the taxpayes subsidize it.


35 posted on 02/17/2011 7:39:16 PM PST by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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