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RobertEarl

(13,685 posts)
9. Been out there: Death Valley, even
Fri Aug 17, 2012, 11:38 PM
Aug 2012

Here's the thing: if you run electric lines back to town, you just lay in some poly pipe in the same ditch. Back to town.

I'm thinking the towers go on ridges, right? Well, the road runs along the ridge and with proper mitigation the impacts may be balanced. Anyway, now that the roads are there, on the ridges, and you have water lines there too, you have stepped up your fire-fighting capabilities along with green power.

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Just run water lines up the towers. RobertEarl Aug 2012 #1
Well, this week they had all kinds of fun nadinbrzezinski Aug 2012 #2
Roads to towers provide some access? RobertEarl Aug 2012 #5
Don't have to nadinbrzezinski Aug 2012 #6
Oh yeah? RobertEarl Aug 2012 #8
Nice, you got nothing so you attack nadinbrzezinski Aug 2012 #10
Somebody please clue Nadin RobertEarl Aug 2012 #12
You engaged in a personal attack. nadinbrzezinski Aug 2012 #13
Where would the water pressure come from? XemaSab Aug 2012 #3
They have these things..... RobertEarl Aug 2012 #4
Yeah, you try miles upon miles of these on the McCain Valley nadinbrzezinski Aug 2012 #7
Been out there: Death Valley, even RobertEarl Aug 2012 #9
No you have not nadinbrzezinski Aug 2012 #11
The type of solar you're talking about, photovoltaic, only work during the day.. Fumesucker Aug 2012 #14
We should still be building PVs despite what you cite as a "storage" problem Kolesar Aug 2012 #15
I don't disagree with that.. Fumesucker Aug 2012 #18
Tell me, why are you repeating large electrical companies talking points? nadinbrzezinski Aug 2012 #19
Because you appeared to be advocating going entirely solar.. Fumesucker Aug 2012 #20
Wrong, what I am advocating is understanding that all nadinbrzezinski Aug 2012 #21
You're making way too much sense here, Nadine pscot Aug 2012 #22
That's why I used the term "appeared", my mind reading skills have deteriorated markedly. Fumesucker Aug 2012 #25
I am skeptical that wind turbine fires are a big threat Kolesar Aug 2012 #16
You will see nadinbrzezinski Aug 2012 #17
. XemaSab Aug 2012 #23
Thanks this is why my republican county board of supervisors member nadinbrzezinski Aug 2012 #24
If the wind turbines are catching fire, maybe a geek named Bob Aug 2012 #26
That would be obvious, except for the companies nadinbrzezinski Aug 2012 #27
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