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To: Joe NYC who wrote (398426)	7/13/2008 5:53:54 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1575767

There is another area - home heating - which is more applicable, IMO, to be switched to natural gas or electric. But for this to work, natural gas heat or electric heat need to be cost effective, so that it makes sense for homeowners to switch. With the exception of the NE and the PNC, NG provides residential heating for most areas of the country. Here in the PNW its probably 50/50. So the question in my mind is if wind power can has a potential to become a source of cheap energy, cheaper than not only oil, natural gas, but also coal. If so, then what's stopping T. Boone Pickens from plunging right in? He is "plunging in" as you put it.....he's building a huge wind farm in TX: msnbc.msn.com There is another, big problem with wind energy, specifically as a replacement for natural gas. Natural gas plants are the best for meeting power needs during the peak power demands, such as hot summer days - and specific hours of the day. It just happens that there is not much wind during those times of year and hours of day. Very true.......that's why there needs to be a way to store the energy when its not needed. I don't know if we have the technology yet to do that. Right now, the best that wind can do is allow other oil or coal driven generators to go off line while wind is working.