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Posted by davpal on April 06, 2006 at 22:49:53 from (216.93.96.46):
In Reply to: Speaking Of Windmills... posted by in-too-deep on April 06, 2006 at 14:59:25:
We had a guy here in Michigan that had a wind generator up on a hundred foot tower and he used to generate power for his house and sell some of the reserve to consumers. It was up there in the prevailing winds and it was always turning when I went by it. This was back in the 70,s and 80,s when gas was 59 cents a gallon and diesel was cheap too. I think people used to think he was a little off. Maybe he was just ahead of his time. Now that gas is $2.79 a gallon and diesel is $3.00 this kind of technology is going to have to be looked at really hard again and put into use. I think the wind blowing is gods way of telling us, "hey stupid, build a wind turbine". For all the money we are sending to saudi arabia we could afford to build some too. Later people.
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