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Author Re: The scam of rooftop windpower generation (Why rooftop?)
rick

2006-12-23, 5:25 pm

On Sun, 10 Dec 2006 17:50:34 -0800, "Harbin Osteen"
<harbinjr@adelphia.net> wrote:

>Hi Graham:
> The turbines on the link you provided would be great if you
>were to us them for off-grid application, but if you were to
>go with the co-op idea, the co-op would be the one to tie
>into the grid, and that cost would come out of the maintenance
>cost of the turbine that you invested in. The co-op should
>use turbines of 500 kw or larger because of the efficiency, and
>it will make better use of the land, and less likely to kill raptors
>because the blades turn slower. Here is a link to a turbine that
>is 450 kw, and it is going for $208,450.00 U.S..
>http://www.windturbinewarehouse.com...ed%20Specs..pdf
>
> I believe that would work out to be $463.00 per kw, so you might buy
>10 kw, $4630.00, worth of shares in the turbine. Not bad, and a small percentage
>would go to maintenance, and all other b.s..

All this BS about wind power.... but all i hear is not in my back
yard. Nuclear power... same BS.
Enough ranting. I haven't seen the spoken about kit turbine but I
did (as a couple weekend project) coupled a home made windmill
(plywood, etc...) to a ford alternator to charge batteries to run a
inverter in my garage. Nice toy though... worked pretty good. why
something similar could not be done on a larger scale ???? I got the
idea from a boat my friend had with a wind generator mounted on the
transom. worked the same way. and did surprisingly well... but back
to the ranting. shit piss or get off the pot.

Rick
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