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To: nnillionaire who wrote (139629)8/6/2008 6:54:49 PM
From: Jim McMannisRead Replies (1) | Respond to of 306849
 
RE:"Google 'wind power' and get informed on the subject. You might also check the Audibon Society, GreenPeace, and Sierra Club websites on their positions on Wind power. Those windmills look quite majestic from a distance, don't they?."

Will do.
Fair enough, do you happen to know the RPM of one of those big GE wind turbine fans at say 20 mph wind?

Heres a wind corridor map overlaying current transmission lines. 50 meters up.

The high winds seems to be concentrated in low population density areas.

wind.nau.edu

Here's one at 80 meters high.

ranchandcoast.com