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To: XX_XX who wrote (8510)	3/17/2008 10:21:15 PM
From: Bill on the Hill	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 50716

One windmill will run from 500k to 2 million. Not one blade. That generator in Denmark lost its brakes and was expected to fail hours before the storm. Unable to feather and brake properly they were prepared for the failure and had the area cleared. Expensive failure but I bet the risk insurance is a lot less than the CDO's out there on the market. eere.energy.gov This is a good basic primer on the economics of wind as a renewable energy. Once the fixed cost is in then the system creates energy for approx. a 20 year span without any more cost other than maintenance. Wind energy after amortized over the years could be cheaper than coal. Especially factoring carbon output. We should be putting them in everywhere. As far as survival of the birds around the windplants....... Survival of the fittest. The birds will figure it out after their cousins are sliced and diced. No way. I ain't flying towards that thing........ if birds could talk.