[modeleng] Re: Semi OT windmills / generation

At one time there was talk of utilizing tides to generate electricity.
Incoming tide would turn generators in one direction and outgoing in the
other.  This would happen twice a day with a bit of slack between, but it
looked feasible.  Don't know why it was dropped unless it would present a
navigation hazard or possibly intefere with Teddy Kennedy's water sking and
sailing.  Maybe the lobster fishermen would be upset??

Jesse in Tennessee

> 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.

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