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To: ChessExpert

He is going to have fun trying to locate all those windmills. That is not without problems. There are some a ways away from us and its caused some major problems and delivering them DESTROYS roads.


209 posted on 11/02/2008 7:06:51 AM PST by Hanna548 (s)
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To: Hanna548

“He is going to have fun trying to locate all those windmills. That is not without problems. There are some a ways away from us and its caused some major problems and delivering them DESTROYS roads.”

Thanks. I hadn’t heard about the damage to roads. Now that you mention it, I’m not surprised. Windmills are very large and probably very heavy.

Some of this debate hinges on aesthetics. For example, many arguments against carbon dioxide include a picture of smoke from a smoke stack. The image makes people say “yuck.” Carbon dioxide is invisible. The pictures are dishonest, yet powerful.

Aesthetics are very subjective. I’m sure some people see windmills in TV ads and think they look nice. All the nicer if they really make a large contribution. I think windmills are ugly. They are huge and take up a lot of space. Some don’t spin. They contribute little energy. The maintenance bill will probably be great.

Windmills today, remind me of solar panels at an earlier date. I remember solar panels at a government installation in St. Louis. They were on buildings with pipes going too and fro. Nice idea. The realty is that there was often broken glass and liquid about. I’m sure the installation received kudos for taking free delivery of the panels. But the benefit was less than the cost of maintenance.


250 posted on 11/02/2008 7:54:28 AM PST by ChessExpert (If it had been up to Hussein Obama, Saddam Hussein would still be in power)
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