Well here's a good story for the Al Gore lemmings.
Texas completes $1 billion wind energy complex | Green Tech - CNET News
For those of us that can think for ourselves, the story's a little different.
In order to power 230,000 residences, you need 627 windmills covering 100,000 acres. How much land do you all think we have for these stupid windmills?
Think about that. An area almost the size of Lake Winnebago is forever lost to 627 windmills that'll power those residences
when at peak. Windmills are almost never at peak. Lost in the discussion is that they will not power any business, only residences. So it's still quite a shortfall if you want to power a city or county.
How many homes can these windmills power once everyone is plugging in their electric Obama car?
At a billion dollars, that's 1.6 million per windmill. Quite an investment for something that only runs part-time. Maintainence is also not included in the figures.
Just take a little time, take a deep breath, forget about politics and global warming hype and decide if this makes any sense to you.
