What is the fuel cost to generate the electricity for your two plants to generate electricity? The usual electrical plant income statement will show that fuel costs average 30%
The fuel cost for the windmill is ZERO!
Kilowatt per hour costs for the windmill and other fuel generating schemes are about the same.
Over the long run windmills far out perform conventional power plants.
When we do the national wind farm plan we can turn off all the gas and coal fired plants and use the nuclear fired plants for peaking and load management to meet other demands, we can then use the hydrocarbons, (coal oil, and gas) for plastic forks and picnic table forks.
BTW we can also thumb our noses at the Kyoto Kooks since we would surpass the CO2 emission standards and tell them to go to Hades!
No. The major downside of windmills is lack of reliability.
At best, wind only blows 20~25% of the time, and not always when you need the electricity. And as mentioned before, the maintenance costs will be higher.
It's much better to have a generating source that's powered by some kind of fuel that's readily available when you need it.
You can do the same thing with nukes.