Yes, and Ithaca is really not just the City, but also the Town of Ithaca and the Villages of Cayuga Heights and Lansing, totaling closer to 75,000 residents. In a message dated 3/21/2008 9:38:40 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I"ll make cookies Tony On 3/21/08, Eric Banford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I just read in the April issue of Ode Magazine ( > http://www.odemagazine.com/) that Thisted Denmark is now producing 100% of > their energy from wind. They have a population of 46,000, and now have 250 > windmills running. They also have a few farms producing biogas, and many > homes have personal wind mills. The town is attracting lots of jobs within > the alternative energy sector. > > By my rough estimates, here is what we would need to do in Ithaca. With a > population of 30,000 people, we would need approximately 160 wind mills. > Looking at this WI wind farm as an example, > http://www.mge.com/environment/wind/, they have 17 turbines operating on > 30.5 acres leased from 7 parcels of agricultural land totaling 600 acres. > We would need to build about 10 of these farms. Probably more, since WI no > doubt gets better wind than Tompkins County, but that's a start. At a cost > of $14.5 million per farm, that's a total of $145 million to be energy > independent. > > Feedback on my rough numbers? > > Shall we hold a bake sale to get started? > > Eric > > > > > > > Eric Clay, M.Div., Ph.D. Community Coach Shared Journeys, Inc. 832 North Aurora Street Ithaca, NY 14850 607-592-6874_ [EMAIL PROTECTED] (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]) Shared Journeys: Make a World of Difference Our mission is to help individuals, families, organizations and communities care more effectively for themselves and others who are not like them. **************Create a Home Theater Like the Pros. Watch the video on AOL Home. (http://home.aol.com/diy/home-improvement-eric-stromer?video=15?ncid=aolhom00030000000001) _______________________________________________ RSS, archives, subscription & listserv information for: [email protected] http://lists.mutualaid.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainabletompkins free hosting by http://www.mutualaid.org
