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To: newgeezer
they were jsut commenting on how many are turned off at any given time, no comparing. And even in the modern wind farms a lot of turbines are turned off at any given time because they need to be tuned to particular wind speeds and won't be on if the wind isn't going the right speed.

It's becoming all the more apparent that you use canned responses. I want wind energy to be good, but it's not there yet. I've read up on it enough to know that the tech still needs development. There's no shame in admitting the truth, the technology has a lot of promis, but right now it's all promise.
94 posted on 12/08/2003 2:00:26 PM PST by discostu (that's a waste of a perfectly good white boy)
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To: discostu; biblewonk
they were jsut commenting on how many are turned off at any given time, no comparing.

Not sure what you mean. Modern turbines have 98.5% uptime. Again, if you're looking at Altamont Pass, you're looking at the equivalent of Model 'T's. Or, at best, '62 Ramblers.

And even in the modern wind farms a lot of turbines are turned off at any given time because they need to be tuned to particular wind speeds and won't be on if the wind isn't going the right speed.

As I understand it, they produce electricity at wind speeds from 9 MPH to 50 MPH. That's the "right" speed. Put 'em where the wind blows, and they're turning. Look for an average-windspeed map on the 'Net. When I drive by the wind farms in NW Iowa or SW Minnesota, it looks like 1 or 2 of every 100 is stopped. That's just my observation.

It's becoming all the more apparent that you use canned responses.

Not sure what gives you that impression. If I come across as terse and/or short-tempered, it's because I've learned over the years that, no matter how much data we 'believers' post, the FR crowd has no desire to learn the facts about wind power. With a very few exceptions they are more than happy to simply, in effect, follow Rush's lead when it comes to wind power.

102 posted on 12/08/2003 2:14:28 PM PST by newgeezer (A conservative who conserves -- a true capitalist!)
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