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More Information Needed On Wind Turbines
POSTED: May 17, 2008
Editor:
Being neither pro nor con on wind turbines, I would like some facts on them. How much power do they produce in megawatt hours?
Will it take 20,000 of these structures to replace 20,000 megawatts of power in our coal fired grid?
Is enough voltage produced to push this power over 100 miles?
I know wind turbines are a huge tax break for power companies, but has anyone in Tucker County seen a break in their utility bills?
Years ago, politicians sponsored a “job” coal power plant in Grant Town. If costs nearly four times the money to operate per megawatt hour, and the extra cost was passed on to the consumer.
I have 23 years experience in power generation and have seen political fads come and go.
We would all like to lower our energy costs. Free trade is hard to take when we see oil being exported and imported from the same sea ports, and the only ones getting rich are the stock market investors and oil companies
Wind turbines are a good idea, but are they practical or just another tax break for power companies?
Whatever happened to hydrogen fuel cells?
Dennis Swiger
Elkins
Being neither pro nor con on wind turbines, I would like some facts on them. How much power do they produce in megawatt hours?
Will it take 20,000 of these structures to replace 20,000 megawatts of power in our coal fired grid?
Is enough voltage produced to push this power over 100 miles?
I know wind turbines are a huge tax break for power companies, but has anyone in Tucker County seen a break in their utility bills?
Years ago, politicians sponsored a “job” coal power plant in Grant Town. If costs nearly four times the money to operate per megawatt hour, and the extra cost was passed on to the consumer.
I have 23 years experience in power generation and have seen political fads come and go.
We would all like to lower our energy costs. Free trade is hard to take when we see oil being exported and imported from the same sea ports, and the only ones getting rich are the stock market investors and oil companies
Wind turbines are a good idea, but are they practical or just another tax break for power companies?
Whatever happened to hydrogen fuel cells?
Dennis Swiger
Elkins
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06-04-08 7:52 PM
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Wind turbines have worked so well that in Germany they are doing everything they to increase their production. In on state 30% of their power is produced by wind turbines. Lets face it they cause less pollution than coal and are less dangerous that atomic power. I also suspect that the death rate per 1000 wind power workers is far less that for 1000 coal miners. Our economy would be stronger if we could export more coal because it would make the dollar stronger
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