[Vo]: 2006 wind energy stats

2007-02-08 Thread Jed Rothwell
See: http://www.awea.org/newsroom/pdf/070202__GWEC_Global_Market_Annual_Statistics.pdf QUOTE: Brussels, 2 February 2007. The booming wind energy markets around the world exceeded expectations in 2006, with the sector experiencing yet another record year. On the day of the publication of the

RE: [Vo]: 2006 wind energy stats

2007-02-08 Thread OrionWorks
Jed sez: ... In short, wind energy is not negligible, but it will have to grow much faster to have a significant impact in time to affect global warming. There is no reason why it should not go more quickly. The presently installed wind capacity cost $23 billion. In an unrealistically

Re: [Vo]: 2006 wind energy stats

2007-02-08 Thread Robin van Spaandonk
In reply to OrionWorks's message of Thu, 8 Feb 2007 19:14:38 -0600: Hi, [snip] We can continue spend hundreds of billions of dollars meddling in the affairs of oil rich countries, most that hate our guts (sometimes with justification) to secure energy resources - all in the name of national self