alt.energy.renewable

"Blattus Slafaly 0/00 ? ? ?" wrote in message news:47fb66c7$0$30679$4c368faf@roadrunner.com...
> Rob Dekker wrote:
>> "Blattus Slafaly 0/00 ? ? ?" wrote in message news:47fa4bf0$0$17342$4c368faf@roadrunner.com...
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>>> $500 ? HA! If you want 1800 watts it's more like $5000.00 not counting the mast.
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>> Let's see : $5000 for 1800 Watt.
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>> If wind blows a more realistic average of 25% of peak load, then you generate energy for 12ct/kWh.
>> Of course, you would still need to add cost for the mast to this, and maintain this machine....
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>> So how is this supposed to save our heating cost by 75% again ?
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>> Rob
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>>> Blattus Slafaly ? 3 :) 7/8
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> That's what I said a first, Rob, THE COST OF THE SYSTEM IS OVERPRICED and prohibitive. In the mean time, all that wasted wind
> power.
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Yes. $2.7 per intermittent watt is too expensive to compete seriously, athough it is better than PV.

Can you make one at lower cost ?

Actually, bigger is better for wind power.
The Danish 3.5 MW moster turbines cost about $1 per watt. No wonder the things are popping up all over the globe, and wind energy is
growing faster than any other alternative energy source.

Another way of looking at it is that fossil fuel is still too cheap. I wish it would be taxed 100% in the US, and alternatives
funded with this money.
Gasoline at $8/gallon will do miracles in terms of reducing consumption and a better world for all of us.

Rob