tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3441020117205433950.post5312404079558120147..comments2023-11-04T23:31:40.392-10:00Comments on got windmills?: GETTIN’ JUICED TO ITAndy Parxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15398587036690312685noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3441020117205433950.post-80121147425728455242009-10-15T16:24:21.616-10:002009-10-15T16:24:21.616-10:00And the generation we currently have and paid $250...And the generation we currently have and paid $250 million in total for is not dilapidated. Much is old, but half of our daily power use comes from a very modern gas turbine up Maalo road. <br /><br />the truth is just as effective as hyperbole.Blahblahblahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14555036430493979079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3441020117205433950.post-78828247447860607982009-10-15T16:22:15.419-10:002009-10-15T16:22:15.419-10:00Where to start on this mess.
All the criticism of...Where to start on this mess.<br /><br />All the criticism of KIUC's board is accurate if far too kind. The same old crowd that runs everything else got their foot in the door here early and paid for a fat weasel to write the rules to keep them in place.<br /><br />But neither solar nor wind is free. Wind would be much cheaper than burning cane/wood chips whatever, but it takes something like 8-10 cts/kwhr to pay for a windfarm.<br /><br />Solar is still 2X as expensive as our current cost of production -- 30-35 cts/kwhr. And that's without any storage (batteries, reservoirs etc) to cover the 14 hrs/day solar is not effective. There is no free lunch.Blahblahblahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14555036430493979079noreply@blogger.com