[pianotech] "Why not Minot?"

[gordon stelter]

Good luck promoting wind power, Del. by far the most
congenial energy source yet discovered ( besides
pasive solar ). But ignorance and foolishness seem to
abound in modern day America. Here in Athens, Ga.,
there is still an open-ended proposal to build a
gas-fired generator in partnership with ENRON, of all
things!!! Sheesh!!! Makes you not want to shke hands
with the mayor, for fear of Vaseline (TM). You
probably know about Real Goods Co. in Ukiah, but if
not:www.realgoods.com. Besides a retail outlet 
( that can get you tiny to massive turbines )they are
a great source for info on all things renewable.
     Cheers
     Gordon Stelter --- Delwin D Fandrich
<pianobuilders@olynet.com> wrote:
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Don" <pianotuna@accesscomm.ca>
> To: "Open Forum for Piano Technicians"
> <pianotech@ptg.org>
> Sent: September 09, 2002 11:43 AM
> Subject: Re: [pianotech] "Why not Minot?"
> 
> 
> > Hi Del,
> >
> > Yes, I have heard that statement and always wonder
> at the affrontery of
> > buring non renueable resources, when we could have
> the wind for the cost
> of
> > building the turbines. Cost for a full size unit
> is now about $600,000.00
> > US. or $0.06 cents a kilowatt. They compare that
> to coal fired about 1/3
> > the price per watt--but I dont' believe they
> factor in the price of the
> > fuel, just the initial cost of the units.
> >
> 
> If you say so, Don.
> 
> But that doesn't explain why a huge new gas-fired
> turbine is being built
> about twenty miles down the road which is expected
> to generate umpteen
> megawatts at a projected wholesale rate of $0.32 per
> kw. And they expect to
> make money--guess how and from whom.
> 
> There was silence at the various required, but
> rigged, public input meetings
> when several folks pointed out that at that rate
> both wind and solar were
> less costly both to install and run. (Ok, up here in
> the left hand corner of
> the country solar doesn't make much sense, but wind
> certainly does.)
> 
> Del
> 
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