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OKIsItJustMe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 12:50 PM Original message |
World wind power reaches 100,000 megawatts |
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jwirr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 01:07 PM Response to Original message |
1. Yesterday my daughter said that wind machines are somehow |
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winter999 (530 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 01:09 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Another question I have is where did she hear such gobbledy-gook? |
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jwirr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 01:22 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. I suspect the desertification idea came from the hunting magazines |
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Finishline42 (167 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 02:22 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. When most people think about windmills, it's the early CA models |
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kristopher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 04:13 PM Response to Reply #4 |
11. Birds are a citing issue, not a rotor issue |
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jwirr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 09:55 PM Response to Reply #4 |
14. Thanks to all who answered my question. I now have something to |
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OKIsItJustMe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 02:56 PM Response to Reply #1 |
6. Tell her wind turbines can be used to combat desertification |
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OKIsItJustMe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 03:01 PM Response to Reply #1 |
7. Tell her the Audubon society "strongly supports" the use of wind turbines |
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winter999 (530 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 01:10 PM Response to Original message |
3. This is a good start. |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 03:57 PM Response to Original message |
8. But...but..but... I heard last week right here on DU that wind power was a *failure* |
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NickB79 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 04:01 PM Response to Original message |
9. This is actually a scary quote |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 04:11 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. When faced with power shortages, I suspect the "saturation" |
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NickB79 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 04:14 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. Yes, they will start building on less than ideal sites |
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kristopher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 04:20 PM Response to Reply #9 |
13. Germany used a feed in tariff to encourge development |
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Nihil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-05-08 07:18 AM Response to Reply #13 |
15. Ummm ... ? |
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