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Wind power’s dirty secret: It has a carbon footprint
KATU ^ | Mar 12, 2010 | Anita Kissée

Posted on 03/12/2010 10:40:36 PM PST by george76

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To: george76

The wife and I saw this segment on KATU, it was a very good piece, I imagine the politicians in OR are not happy about it.


41 posted on 03/13/2010 10:55:51 AM PST by jazusamo (But there really is no free lunch, except in the world of political rhetoric,.: Thomas Sowell)
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To: Grampa Dave
OMG! THINK OF THE SOOT IN THE PRINT OF THE FOOT PRINT!!!

The most reliable combination is hydro and nuke. One is constant and the other covers peaks like a giant battery fed by vapor falling from the skies natually!!! (like the ill fated Auburn Dam)

42 posted on 03/13/2010 3:46:34 PM PST by SierraWasp (Hey Democrats! Stop tryna jerk everybody around by their healthcare!!! Especially you, 0bama!!!)
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To: jessduntno; Grampa Dave; thackney; BOBTHENAILER
"Wind Power blows."

& Solar Power sucks!!!

43 posted on 03/13/2010 3:51:56 PM PST by SierraWasp (Hey Democrats! Stop tryna jerk everybody around by their healthcare!!! Especially you, 0bama!!!)
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To: george76
Wind power is touted as the cleanest and greenest renewable energy resource.

What a shame wind has zero stored potential. Ever notice that most of the "green" solutions that are going to save the earth have zero stored potential?

44 posted on 03/13/2010 5:37:08 PM PST by upchuck (Moslem terrorists kill not because of what they experience but because of what they believe.)
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To: george76

I remember an author who appeared on the Dennis prager show last year. She used to be opposed to nuclear and is now an advocate. She said that the trouble with solar and windmill farms is their hugh footprints. It would take a solar farm 7 miles by 7 miles to produce the same power as one nuke plant.


45 posted on 03/13/2010 5:44:17 PM PST by votemout
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To: SierraWasp

and they’re both gonna cost us money

nice comment SW


46 posted on 03/14/2010 6:35:43 AM PDT by BOBTHENAILER ( EPA will rule your life)
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To: chicken head

People don’t realize that wind turbines won’t produce
current if the wind is less than about 8 mph and they will
tear themselves apart if the wind is over about 45 mph. (they have to be disengaged)


47 posted on 03/14/2010 9:41:27 AM PDT by upcountryhorseman (An old fashioned conservative)
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To: BOBTHENAILER

Thank ya big BOB! I was prouder of #42 above, however!!!


48 posted on 03/14/2010 7:33:51 PM PDT by SierraWasp (Hey Democrats! Stop tryna jerk everybody around by their healthcare!!! Especially you, 0bama!!!)
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