Posted by Ludwig on May 10, 2011 at 12:36:39 from (69.87.199.86):
In Reply to: Re: Wind Farms posted by John730D on May 10, 2011 at 11:43:38:
Thats a big never...
I was thinking about how to calculate the carbon footprint, got as far as the trucking to move the pieces into place and realized its a very complicated set of calculations.
Personally I don't think it'll take that long for them to be a net positive, the big ones around here are 1.65MW thats MEGAwatts. My wife and I use around a megawatt hour every three months.
Now if they're financially viable on their own is a totally different story but as the cost of electricity continues to rise I think the ones built now will at some point pay for themselves.
Basically I don't think we can keep doing what we've been doing forever and think that it'll continue to work the same way.
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