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Kolesar

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8. Yes, and the Canadians kept their wind turbines on land because the technology has not been invented

Reply to peace13 (Reply #7)

Tue Aug 27, 2013, 03:22 PM

Aug 2013

...yet. The Danes have offshore turbines, but they are in salt water seas that don't get ice.

Ohioans can master this technology and then begin deploying them around the Great Lakes by the tens of thousands. Then we won't have to buy any more gas turbines.

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PD: Lake Erie wind turbines will be built by 2017, says LEEDCo [View all] Kolesar Aug 2013 OP

Great news liberal N proud Aug 2013 #1

Winds and currents cause the ice cover to pile up and bash into things Kolesar Aug 2013 #2

Are saying the wind turbines will cause the ice to push up on things? liberal N proud Sep 2013 #13

No, the powerful winds will start the ice moving Kolesar Sep 2013 #15

Is that for-real!?!?!?!? TheDeputy Sep 2013 #12

The picture is real liberal N proud Sep 2013 #14

That shore of Lake Erie does have challenging weather. riqster Aug 2013 #3

I have no problem with putting them on shore. peace13 Aug 2013 #5

Seven to twenty miles offshore...really? peace13 Aug 2013 #4

The wind is 17 mph at the shore and 23 mph in the middle of Lake Erie Kolesar Aug 2013 #6

Have you ever tried to navigate on Lake Erie? peace13 Aug 2013 #7

Yes, and the Canadians kept their wind turbines on land because the technology has not been invented Kolesar Aug 2013 #8

Not true. Really not true! peace13 Aug 2013 #9

what's not true? eom Kolesar Aug 2013 #10

This... peace13 Aug 2013 #11