--- "R.A. Cantrell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> on 5/6/02 6:35 PM, Gregg Eshelman at
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> 
> > even works at night if the
> > wind is blowing.

> In a past life I was a securities broker, and  the
> firm I was with raised a
> LOT of  money for wind generated electricity. The 
> big  windfarms  out in
> California. Like  out  around  Palm  Springs and  so
> forth. The  one  thing
> that  kept them  from being  economic( making 
> money) was that bugs splatted
> on the turbine blades and cut the  efficiency down 
> below  the  $$$ line.
> Washing them  was right  out of  the  question
> considering  the  size of
> the things. Go  figure.

That's the beauty of building from scratch with
salvaged and surplus parts. Very low initial
investment and when built with reasonable care,
these generators are quite efficient. :)

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