Salazar: Eastern wind could replace coal for power (estimated number of windmills unknown)

AP via Yahoo ^ | 4/06/09 | WAYNE PARRY

[fieldmarshaldj]

Salazar obviously hasn't talked it over with Ted the Swimmer. The radical rodents oppose these alternative energy sources. Hell, they oppose everything except whatever harms us greatly.

[phormer phrog phlyer]

My suggestion, put them next to the drilling rigs.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

Salazar is a delusional fool. 3000 coal utilities replaced by wind ? Think about it.

[domenad]

As an electrical engineer in the power field, may is just say the following with some authority:

BULL CRAAAAA-HAAAAAA-HAAAA-HAAAAA-HAAAAAAP.

Thank you.

[ROCKLOBSTER]

Yes, and if you had enough monkeys with typewriters, you could totally replace the US press corps.

For God's sake man, do some math.

[Uri’el-2012]

Salazar is a delusional fool. 3000 coal utilities replaced by wind ? Think about it.

No one ever said Ken was a sharp pencil.

He was just reading the TelePrompTer

[Eric in the Ozarks]

80 percent of the wind generated power requires fossil fuel back up. In Texas, this figure is > 90 percent.

[maggief]

LOL

[ryan71]

I’m 100% sure this is satire.

[pikachu]

And Kenny will have his windmills guarded by swimming uniforms and flying dragons! Get real! If we try this, we will be at the mercy of Iranian tanker captians on a three day bender.

[Westbrook]

> Yes, and if you had enough monkeys with typewriters, you
> could totally replace the US press corps.

Ummm, maybe you should have picked a less likely probability.

Don’t force me to post a picture of Helen Thomas.

[cripplecreek]

Windmills are a big part of our “stimulus” here in Michigan. The problem is, they’ll be manufactured in Spain and only require a small number of people to maintain them.

However they claim there’s a deal in the works to license their manufacture here in Michigan but no one is saying exactly what “in the works” means.

[Uncle Hal]

The inmates are running the insane asylum.

[Argus]

I suggest putting propeller beanies on government workers wired to the grid. When the wind is blowing they can all bend over at the same time and send some peak power to the folks.

[genghis]

I’m 100% sure this is satire.

This administration is so bad, it is impossible to tell anymore.

[kendwell]

Iv’eseen elsewhere, Salazar comment mathed out: GE windmill 3.4 MW, 104 meter blade sweep, over 600’ tall,
for the Salazar goal: 277,777 windmills that size required.

Atlantic coast line @ 2400 miles, so that’s over 100 per linear mile, not allowing for ship channels and views reserved for politicals.

The good news, that’s also potential for 277,777 possible sites for oil gas drilling. Now, if only? some $$ wise person can combine these efforts as a joint venture.

[ecomcon]

One 3.6 megawatt turbine has a 111 meter rotor. Big stuff.

[Ditto]

Seeing a technology moron like Salazar in a position of responsibility tells us we are getting the government we deserve.

I'd like to ask him what percentage of his new wind turbines would be baseload vs. cycling units. I think there would just be a blank stare on his face.

[ken21]

didn’t ted kennedy turn down a wind mill project off cape cod?