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Engineering News Record ^
| October issue
| Paul Rosta
Posted on 10/08/2004 4:28:24 AM PDT by snopercod
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Lots of good photos in the original article.
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posted on
10/08/2004 4:28:26 AM PDT
by
snopercod
To: Robert357; Ernest_at_the_Beach
So let me get this straight. The free market is finally stepping in to clean up the mess that Grey Davis "could have fixed in 20 minutes"?
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posted on
10/08/2004 4:29:59 AM PDT
by
snopercod
( 'Be in good health our leaders, the most leading leaders in all the world!')
To: snopercod
If only Duke could find a better way to design/build its grids.
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posted on
10/08/2004 4:48:03 AM PDT
by
TaxRelief
To: snopercod; NormsRevenge; Grampa Dave; tubebender; SierraWasp; Carry_Okie; Dog Gone; randita; ...
Thanks for posting the article....I think the LATimes had an article about one of the power companies (maybe AES getting serious about building some power generating plants in California also )...
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posted on
10/08/2004 6:39:25 AM PDT
by
Ernest_at_the_Beach
(A Proud member of Free Republic ~~The New Face of the Fourth Estate since 1996.)
To: snopercod
Damn..this is a huge deal....
Over 300 towers were installed in rugged terrain.
New transmission line is an innovative, privatized balancing act between three different entities.
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posted on
10/08/2004 6:50:49 AM PDT
by
Ernest_at_the_Beach
(A Proud member of Free Republic ~~The New Face of the Fourth Estate since 1996.)
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach; snopercod; Lando Lincoln; Grampa Dave; Dog Gone
"The remaining towers and all poles were erected by all-terrain cranes with up to 200-ton capacity, aided by 25 smaller cranes and winch-equipped bulldozers."Unlike the "Born again Pagans," I marvel at what the God-given mind of man can do to tame the forces of nature to benefit so many timid souls!!!
God bless the PRODUCTIVE PEOPLE in America and ignore all the Anti-Everything Activist pukes that populate CA!!!
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posted on
10/08/2004 6:55:01 AM PDT
by
SierraWasp
(Join me in building the great CA Conservative Undercurrent till we flood the Moderates in a torrent!)
To: SierraWasp
I'm sure that somewhere some equipment ran over a Mojave Turtle....
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posted on
10/08/2004 6:59:52 AM PDT
by
Ernest_at_the_Beach
(A Proud member of Free Republic ~~The New Face of the Fourth Estate since 1996.)
To: SierraWasp; snopercod; Brad's Gramma; onyx; NormsRevenge; farmfriend; FairOpinion
all-terrain cranes with up to 200-ton capacityWhat the heck does one of those look like?
Can't be small!!!
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posted on
10/08/2004 7:02:22 AM PDT
by
Ernest_at_the_Beach
(A Proud member of Free Republic ~~The New Face of the Fourth Estate since 1996.)
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
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posted on
10/08/2004 7:11:35 AM PDT
by
snopercod
( 'Be in good health our leaders, the most leading leaders in all the world!')
To: snopercod
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posted on
10/08/2004 7:14:49 AM PDT
by
Ernest_at_the_Beach
(A Proud member of Free Republic ~~The New Face of the Fourth Estate since 1996.)
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach; SierraWasp
They must have bribed or mugged the " let's sue everyone" crowd...
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posted on
10/08/2004 7:15:20 AM PDT
by
tubebender
(If I had known I would live this long I would have taken better care of myself...)
To: snopercod; NormsRevenge
The free market is finally stepping in to clean up the mess that Grey Davis "could have fixed in 20 minutes"?And saving the Bay area from themselves and their Socialist attitudes....
Of course the next question...who is getting rich from this....someone has to be....very bad....
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posted on
10/08/2004 7:19:38 AM PDT
by
Ernest_at_the_Beach
(A Proud member of Free Republic ~~The New Face of the Fourth Estate since 1996.)
To: tubebender
That crowd will show up shortly.....headlines in tomorrow's paper...news at 11 pm....
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posted on
10/08/2004 7:21:08 AM PDT
by
Ernest_at_the_Beach
(A Proud member of Free Republic ~~The New Face of the Fourth Estate since 1996.)
To: cwiz24
I read in Windpower Monthly that Germany has some 184,000 such giant towers. It's interesting how people don't worry about skylines when it's just towers, only if there is a windmill attached.
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posted on
10/08/2004 7:23:44 AM PDT
by
biblewonk
(Neither was the man created for woman but the woman for the man.)
To: biblewonk
Germany isn't big enough to hold 184,000 of those giants...is it?
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posted on
10/08/2004 7:29:07 AM PDT
by
Ernest_at_the_Beach
(A Proud member of Free Republic ~~The New Face of the Fourth Estate since 1996.)
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
Germany isn't big enough to hold 184,000 of those giants...is it? That's a common mistake to make. You just don't realize how big counties and states are unless you get on a motorcycle and start cruising. Iowa has the most windpower per capita of any state. Iowa is 56,000 square miles. If someone put you in some random place in Iowa and told you to start driving until you found a windmill, you'd be at it for months before you found one.
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posted on
10/08/2004 7:32:14 AM PDT
by
biblewonk
(Neither was the man created for woman but the woman for the man.)
To: SierraWasp
I marvel at what the God-given mind of man can do to tame the forces of nature to benefit so many timid souls!!! How soon we forget. Haven't you ever seen ski lift towers going up the side of steep slopes where cranes can't go?
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posted on
10/08/2004 7:32:30 AM PDT
by
lewislynn
(Why do the same people who think "free trade" is the answer also want less foreign oil dependence?)
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
And Germany is a lot bigger than Iowa.
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posted on
10/08/2004 7:32:42 AM PDT
by
biblewonk
(Neither was the man created for woman but the woman for the man.)
To: biblewonk
Iowa is a lot smaller than Kansas....lots of windmills in Kansas,.
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posted on
10/08/2004 7:34:03 AM PDT
by
Ernest_at_the_Beach
(A Proud member of Free Republic ~~The New Face of the Fourth Estate since 1996.)
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
Kansas has 113 mw worth of windpower, Iowa has 472 mw with a 310 mw windfarm on the way.
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posted on
10/08/2004 7:35:39 AM PDT
by
biblewonk
(Neither was the man created for woman but the woman for the man.)
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