Posted on 04/06/2009 1:48:41 PM PDT by maggief
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. Windmills off the East Coast could generate enough electricity to replace most, if not all, the coal-fired power plants in the United States, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar said Monday.
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Salazar could not estimate how many windmills might be needed to generate 1 million megawatts of power, saying it would depend on their size and how far from the coast they were located.
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My suggestion, put them next to the drilling rigs.
Salazar is a delusional fool. 3000 coal utilities replaced by wind ? Think about it.
BULL CRAAAAA-HAAAAAA-HAAAA-HAAAAA-HAAAAAAP.
Thank you.
For God's sake man, do some math.
He was just reading the TelePrompTer No one ever said Ken was a sharp pencil.
80 percent of the wind generated power requires fossil fuel back up. In Texas, this figure is > 90 percent.
LOL
I’m 100% sure this is satire.
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.
> 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.
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.
The inmates are running the insane asylum.
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.
Im 100% sure this is satire.
This administration is so bad, it is impossible to tell anymore.
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.
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.
didn’t ted kennedy turn down a wind mill project off cape cod?
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