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To: Victor Lazlo who wrote (4205)9/14/2001 12:09:40 AM
From: Douglas V. Fant  Respond to of 206114
 
Victor, Most windpower equipment is steel, aluminum or copper- about 90% recyclable. The rest is solid waste.

And windpower operations produce almost zero air pollution. The one drawback is that- You must put the turbines where the wind is. That may or may not be near power markets. (unlike solar power systems which can be placed right next to relevant power loads. Solar power systems' drawback is that they don't work well in cold climates- windpower does).

So that engenders transportation issues.... Still as an intermittent power source windpower moves rapidly forward actually on a global scale....



To: Victor Lazlo who wrote (4205)9/14/2001 12:44:44 AM
From: Cogito Ergo Sum  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 206114
 
Hi Victor,
I'll tell you in a couple of years. The local electric authority have just erected a giant wind turbine 20 minutes from my home to capture wind power from Lake Ontario. It will supposedly produce enough power to satisfy 500 homes. We'll see. Of course we have a few nuclear stations close by also so we all already glow in the dark.

Not much interest in EEE's announcement today eh?


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