wind According to several of the engineers here at ALSTOM EAI, if all of the land that is currently slated for wind power generation in the state of Nevada (for building wind farms over the next 10 years) were available right now, we could eliminate all of the coal facilities in the United States and still have surplus power.
Nuclear is another story because of the vast amounts of energy produced, with a minimum of fuel. will ---- William H. Bowen Webmaster ALSTOM Energy Automation & Information "Your friendly neighborhood Webmaster" [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.esca.com/ 425.739.3629 Voice 425.466.7016 Cell 425.739.3690 FAX ----- Original Message ----- From: "Todd" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, July 01, 2002 3:54 PM Subject: Re: Another reason for me not to like the government ... > in line > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Raymond Camden" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Monday, July 01, 2002 4:53 PM > Subject: RE: Another reason for me not to like the government ... > > > > Well, to be completely honest (and a bit unrealistic) you _do_ have a > > choice. Simply refuse to use anything electrical. Yes, I know it's > > unrealistic but it IS a choice. > > Right .. all of us CF Developers should refuse to use computers ;) > > > Also, people could refuse to work for > > power plant. Yes, this would take sacrifice and a group effort and it > > will never happen, but if enough people cared, it would. Heck, you > > really don't have to go as far as unplugging yourself from the grid, > > simply outlaw nuclear power plants. > > I'm not thrilled with nuclear plants. I would much rather have something > else. The question is what? I'm not so sure there is any such thing as > completely green energy on the face of the planet. > > > Yes, they have lobbyists with huge > > amounts of money to spend - but at the end of the day, if enough people > > made it known that so and so wouldn't get reelected - he would do it. > > Maybe .. but money makes the world go round and those with the money > probably don't care about such things. They've got theirs, so .. > > > I guess my main point is - people CAN take the power back from > > coporations - if they work together - but there will never be enough > > cohesion for that to happen. That isn't the corps fault - it's our > > fault. > > It's both .. but I'm not even going to get in to that one ;) > > P.T. > > > -RC > > > ______________________________________________________________________ This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
