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To: Raymond Duray who wrote (40698)	11/3/2003 12:46:09 AM
From: Seeker of Truth	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 74559

Raymond, thanks for your correction of my way out of date statement that wind energy costs several times that of oil. Countries with lots of coastline, and shallow waters along them will particularly benefit.

To: Raymond Duray who wrote (40698)	11/3/2003 1:44:27 AM
From: smolejv@gmx.net	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74559

One or two practical problems with wind farms: you can not turn them on and off like gas or coal stations, so you need to offset the variability of the source with other means. Second problem are non-negligible transport costs: think of the wind farms on the shelf in the north producing for middle or south Germany. Currently in Germany the developments are underway to significantly increase the working temperature in (planned or actual? dont remember) coal and gas power stations to improve the yield. A good summary of the present German coal or wind tug-of-war in csf.colorado.edu