[modeleng] Re: Semi OT windmills / generation

Thanks, Jeff.  
The greenies don't want to talk about the noise polution and bird kills from 
giant windmills, either.  They do want to tear out older hydroelectric dams - 
at least in the COW states of the USA.  "Back to nature" probably would mean 
75% to 90% of the world's population could no longer be supported, but I'm not 
sure they've thought of that . . . or care (figuring that they and theirs will 
be part of the surviving percentage).

More toward topic . . . I think there is a lot of untapped potential for small 
site power generation -- almost model in scale.  Small steam plants which could 
burn wood, coal, corn stalks -- whatever.  In Tennessee, a lot of trees are 
removed every year for development and landscaping, and most of these are 
buried or burned in on-site bondfires.  They could be processed for fuel.  
Likewise, small hydro and windmill plants could be effectively used in many 
areas.

Charles

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> Here's a Reuters story about the big electricity generating windmill in 
> Pickering Ontario - I drive by it often. 
> 
> The mill cost 50 million dollars CDN to build, and has a 1.5 million dollar 
> annual maintenance bill. The expected service life is 25 years. 

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