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tomgray <tomgray@igc.apc.org> wrote:
>
> Hans Pedersen Dambo <dambo@sbbs.se> wrote:
> >
> > jmc@Steam.stanford.edu (John McCarthy) wrote:
> > >I am no fan of windmills as a way of generating electricity, but I
> > >don't find present windmill farms ugly.  The one in Altamont Pass
> > >looks much better than it did ten years ago, now that the windmills
> > >are of a few types and are arranged in an orderly array.
> > >
> > >I think that if appearance were the only issue, I would prefer
> > >windmills to nuclear energy.
> > >-- 
> > >
> > If this means that you prefer the look of 5-10 000 
> > (depending on size and wind conditions) wind mills to one 
> > reactor I certainly can�t agree.
> 
> I think it is most unlikely that all the wind turbines that might
> offset a nuclear power plant would be installed at one location.
> As you know, there are thousands of turbines installed in Denmark,
> which is generally considered to be a highly environmentally
> conscious country.
>  
> > What is the energy output a year from Altamont Pass?
> 
> Altamont puts out a little more than 1 billion kWh/year, or about
> 1/6 the output of a 1,000-MW nuke.  But the turbines installed in
> Altamont Pass are spread out over tens of square miles.  From the
> few locations where you can see them all, they are quite visually
> attractive.
> 
> Tom Gray
> Northeast Representative
> American Wind Energy Association
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> > Hans Pedersen Dambo
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> > 
> 
Sounds like plenty of power for the 20,000 EVs in Palm Desert.

  --  Russ