To: The Great RJ
I have driven by a forest of windmills in southwestern Minnesota many times and only rarely are all of the windmills turning. I have even seen times when not a single windmill from horizon to horizon was turning. Any notion that we can depend on wind power for even 10% of our electric needs is ludicrous. In Iowa we use about 48,000,000 mwh/year. We have 3,000 mw worth of windpower which produces over 7,000,000 mwh of electricity/year and we are building lots more. Do the math.
17 posted on
12/08/2009 8:50:14 AM PST by
DungeonMaster
(camel, eye of a needle; rich man, heaven)
To: DungeonMaster
What does Iowa do when the wind stops for a while?
20 posted on
12/08/2009 9:00:57 AM PST by
Lakeshark
(Thank a member of the US armed forces for their sacrifice)
To: DungeonMaster
The math was done and you will end up with higher bills.
32 posted on
12/08/2009 10:01:55 AM PST by
bert
(K.E. N.P. +12 . Lukenbach Texas is barely there)
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