Given the recent discussion on-list, thought I'd pass
along this:
> >Wind Power : A commentary from Bill Hammack's
> public radio program
> >You can listen to this commentary at
> http://www.engineerguy.com
> >
> >Energy from the wind is renewable and pollutes very
> little, yet
> >the wind suppli
Thu, Jul 17, 2003 at 01:26:31PM -0700, Deborah Harrell wrote:
> Wind Power : A commentary from Bill Hammack's public radio program You
> can listen to this commentary at http://www.engineerguy.com
> New turbines are so efficient that wind energy costs about the same as
> coal, natural gas or nucl
--- Erik Reuter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Deborah Harrell wrote:
>
> > Wind Power : A commentary from Bill Hammack's
> public radio program
>
> > New turbines are so efficient that wind energy
> costs about the same as
> > coal, natural gas or nuclear.
>
> This statement is oversimplifying t
Debbi wrote:
Debbi
who is *sure* that there are other
mathmatically-challenged SF fans out there (but if not
- Shhh! don't tell her! Let her enjoy her little
fantasy... :} )
I can almost always follow the general sense of the math, but when things
start to get into calculus... I got an A in my P
On Fri, Jul 18, 2003 at 11:42:25AM -0700, Deborah Harrell wrote:
> --- Erik Reuter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > Deborah Harrell wrote:
> >
> > > Wind Power : A commentary from Bill Hammack's public radio program
> >
> > > New turbines are so efficient that wind energy costs about the
> > > sam
--- Erik Reuter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Deborah Harrell wrote:
> > I think what he was trying to do was show why wind
> >can't supply a
> > large part of the US' energy needs, starting with
> >what *does* work, then giving the "bad news."
>
> I agree. But the problem is that his first major
On Fri, Jul 18, 2003 at 07:09:55PM -0700, Deborah Harrell wrote:
> Yet, as someone who does not 'follow' the actual math, at the end of
> that article I gathered that despite recent gains, there are just too
> many problems for wind to be a major source of energy for the US.
Come on, Debbi, are y
