Posted by Ken Macfarlane on September 12, 2012 at 10:11:23 from (142.166.168.2):
In Reply to: OT Windmills OT posted by ldj on September 12, 2012 at 07:19:38:
Why the anger against them? I don't get it. Conventional plants cost a fortune to build and maintain, especially the small ones on a $/mW generating capacity. Most of them have subsidies in one form or another too.
There's a place for almost all kinds of generation. Locally the oil fired plants are just giant sitting emergency generators. The 1300 mW one isn't run but 2 days a year due to oil costs. Got 100 guys paid to be there every day, million bucks of fuel in the tanks, have to heat the building all winter, taxes etc.
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