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To: Wharf Rat who wrote (2712)	9/25/2011 12:37:46 PM
From: Wharf Rat	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 85487

I blame the Kennedys for this US Offshore Wind Potential Dwarfs All Existing Electricity Capacity POSTED BY: Dave Levitan / Wed, September 15, 2010 The United States boasts an embarrassment of riches when it comes to offshore wind potential. According to a report released by the Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory, the US maxes out at 4,150.3 gigawatts of offshore generating capacity. In 2008, the entire country's electricity generating capacity barely topped 1,000 gigawatts. spectrum.ieee.org

To: Wharf Rat who wrote (2712)	9/25/2011 12:40:34 PM
From: Jorj X Mckie	4 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 85487

you do understand that there is loss when you transmit over long distances, right? You reduce your efficiency by having remote plants. And have you put any thought into how much land would be needed to power a city like Chicago? or even San Francisco? Wait! I've got it. Now that the environmentalists have crippled the California central valley agricultural industry over a smelt, we can just turn the whole central valley into a solar PV power plant. That won't have any environmental impact. And we might actually be able to provide enough power for the bay area. Though a couple of hemp burner power plants might be needed for those cloudy days....oh, and nights. What are we gonna do about those nights? oh, that's right! batteries! Lots of batteries. BTW: did you hear about the power outage in southern california a couple of weeks ago? seems that taking the coal plants offline has made the grid in SoCal a little bit fragile.