Holland has hundreds (thousands ?) of wind turbines, which provide a large proportion of their electricity. We now have some here and the numbers are growing. In the right place, they can provide a lot of power, and it can be economic. I suspect that the odd one or two, would always be for show rather than a serious attempt at cutting out other means of generation. Alan -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.298 / Virus Database: 265.6.4 - Release Date: 22/12/2004 MODEL ENGINEERING DISCUSSION LIST. To UNSUBSCRIBE from this list, send a blank email to, modeleng-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" in the subject line.