Northwestern Indiana has a huge number of wind turbines, most of which are just north of Lafayette and follow I-65 north to the Tri State area.
I would love to have solar here, as it makes a lot of sense. The big problem is the up front costs, and little is being done to help with that. Not only that, but with a lengthy payback period, if I take out a second mortgage to pay for it, for example, I lose all advantages if I sell the house before everything is depreciated out. Dan On Mar 23, 2014, at 1:21 PM, Mitch Haley wrote: > Solar has certain advantages, as peak production matches with peak demand > during air conditioning season. Wind is just irregular and unpredictable. Any > major percentage of wind power would cause grid management issues. > > I regularly see really long turbine blades (I'm guessing over 70') going down > the highway on my morning commute. I see close to half a dozen a week, and > I'm sure I don't see them all. Somebody must be building a huge wind farm. > > I guess they're on their way to the thumb: > www.michigan.gov/documents/mpsc/wind_map_407661_7.pdf > > Mitch. > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those > individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has > no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
