No easy solutions... On Sat, Jan 25, 2020 at 1:54 AM Clay via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> Alaska, having energy islands and no viable grid to deliver electrons, > seems almost able to financially justify (with a bunch of Greenie Weenie > huzzah) installing wind platforms. The original option for electric > utility power has been those generator sets Dan knows about. Industrial > diesel engines that belch out smoke and cost close to $15/gallon to power. > The fuel has to be barged in by the barrel. Propellors allow the utility > to cut back on all those gallons, but with a giant investment in stability > measures (battery, flywheel). Not sure I recall what base load providers > are. > > clay > > > On Jan 22, 2020, at 6:34 AM, G Mann via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > wrote: > > > > All "Drink the Alternate Energy Koolaid" aside, I have yet to see any > > financial report that presents a viable Return on Investment where costs > of > > build/install/land cost for a "wind farm" has returned a profit in actual > > energy produced and sold. > > > > Bottom line remains. If Government money were not thrown at projects for > > wind farms, they would fold instantly for lack of profit... > > > > On Tue, Jan 21, 2020 at 8:21 PM Max Dillon via Mercedes < > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
