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To: okie01
If that's so, why are wind farms usually abandoned when their subsidy expires?

Not a true statement.

The fact is that wind power is economically feasible only in certain specific circumstances -- such as a residence located off the grid. It is incapable of being a major contributor to the grid.

Economic feasibility and capable of contributing to the grid are two different things.

Here in Iowa on a windy day we have the equivalent wind power on grid of 5, 1gw nuke power plants.

11 posted on 04/29/2015 11:44:02 AM PDT by DungeonMaster (God is very intollerant, why shouldn't I be?)
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To: DungeonMaster
Here in Iowa on a windy day we have the equivalent wind power on grid of 5, 1gw nuke power plants.

Great! But you need those five 1 GW nukes for the days the wind isn't blowing. So, why not build the five 1 GW nukes, use them all the time, and save the expense of duplicating them with wind power?

12 posted on 04/29/2015 6:25:28 PM PDT by okie01
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