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TreasonousBastard

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3. Around here, I don't have all the details, but...

Sat Dec 26, 2015, 01:27 PM

Dec 2015

we've got a fair amount of offshore wind, but it's variable. Possibly too variable for efficiency compared to the other grid sources.

But, the biggest problem I've seen so far has been NIMBY-- like Trump and his Scottish golf course, people around here spent a lot of money for ocean or sound views and they don't want them spoiled by nasty windmills. Onshore wind power hasn't done much better-- we have a few windmills on farms, but every time the subject comes up a different crop of NIMBY's shows up afraid the windmills will take off and crush their houses. They're ugly, too. And make whooshing noises that cause headaches, or something like that.

Town meetings about windmills are almost as much fun as the ones about deer.

It ain't easy.

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Onshore Wind costs less than coal, why is there not a huge move to use it? [View all] Logical Dec 2015 OP

The not in my backyard locals. JonathanRackham Dec 2015 #1

Thanks for the info! nt Logical Dec 2015 #7

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Thanks! nt Logical Dec 2015 #8

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Here's a good article and discussion about onshore wind costs: Edim Dec 2015 #12

Thank you! Logical Dec 2015 #13

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Nice! We need more of that. nt Logical Dec 2015 #17