Jed, Please don't .
I am not Don Quitote and I don't fight windmills for a living. The wind power
industry has Siemens deep pockets to do their talking for them. The guys in the
field that operate and maintain these huge monsters are stuck with trying to
keep the wheels turning. The money in wind power comes from selling ice to
eskimos .. not from the power produced... they have yet to solve the power
transmission shortage.. except LCRA has been stringing the wires as fast as
they can sell bonds to raise the money in order to add to the subsidy of this
farce called green energy.
Go out in the field and ask the maintenance people what's going on.. unless you
believe Al Gore.
Used to be a guy came by the Dime Box saloon selling sawdust for soap.. even a
dumb Texan will buy one bar.. but.. one's all it takes to learn.
Richard
R C Macaulay wrote:
At any one time as many as 1/3 of the mills are down for maintenance.
That is nonsense. Studies by EPRI and the power companies show that wind
turbine maintenance time is lower than any other conventional generator type.
Where did you get that misinformation from, anyway? Probably from an
anti-wind energy lobbying organization paid for by the coal industry.
- Jed
