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To: DuckTapeSunroof who wrote (29511)	9/5/2008 5:02:10 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 71588

This part of the article gets right to the heart of the matter "Wind made up 35 percent of the total electricity capacity installed in 2007, according to AWEA. But capacity doesn't equal production. Wind power only provides about 1.5 percent of the nation's electricity." The article goes on to say "The U.S. Department of Energy in May forecast that wind power could reach 20 percent of the nation's power supply by 2030." But I'm fairly skeptical about that, if they mean 20 percent of the electricity produced annually. I suppose it would be possible (if not by 2030, then at least by 2040 or so) with large subsidies and targeted tax breaks., but I would oppose such subsidies.