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To: TimF who wrote (29491)	9/4/2008 2:52:21 PM
From: DuckTapeSunroof	Read Replies (1) of 71588

Re: "I wonder if the wind turbines actually get built, how much subsidies they will receive." Wind makes a good choice for 'non-baseload' power --- but obviously that is VERY dependent upon geographic factors and also the availability of an adequate electric grid to transport power from where it is most efficiently generated to where it is consumed. Also obvious --- the weaknesses and design failures (we really don't have much of a 'national' grid... more like 50 separate State grids that are only weakly interconnected) in our elec. grids are where serious resources will have to be deployed to get them up to snuff... before wind can offer a viable alternative/supplementary power option for the US though. Two other quick notes though: 1) ALL energy production classes are recipient of significant 'subsidies' or support, in one form or another. (And wind will likely 'require' less then most...) 2) The US really does have major, major wind resources available to us because of our favorable geography. Calling the US the 'Saudi Arabia of Wind' is not all that far fetched.

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