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Offline Chalenge

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« Reply #15 on: October 27, 2008, 04:18:23 AM »
I think we have better solutions then staying slaved to OPEC. We have our own sites to drill. All the turbines in the world wont give us more gas for our cars.
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Offline Bronk

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« Reply #16 on: October 27, 2008, 05:17:31 AM »
Dooo eeet all.
 Windmills, tidal, solar and drill. Let the opec countries eat that oil. :aok
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Offline Holden McGroin

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« Reply #17 on: October 27, 2008, 05:51:09 AM »
Quote from: Chalenge on October 27, 2008, 04:18:23 AM
I think we have better solutions then staying slaved to OPEC. We have our own sites to drill. All the turbines in the world wont give us more gas for our cars.

T Boone disagrees with you.
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« Reply #18 on: October 27, 2008, 06:14:53 AM »
Quote from: Chalenge on October 27, 2008, 04:18:23 AM
I think we have better solutions then staying slaved to OPEC. We have our own sites to drill. All the turbines in the world wont give us more gas for our cars.

Well if you dont need to use oil to produce electricity you can import less.

Supply and demand.
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Offline dkff49

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« Reply #19 on: October 27, 2008, 07:14:53 AM »
Just love how this went from one person saying how impressive these structures are to an indepth discussion on whether they are actually helping or not.
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« Reply #20 on: October 27, 2008, 07:27:23 AM »
Coming to a gubment subsidized corn field near you.
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Offline mbailey

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« Reply #21 on: October 27, 2008, 07:41:18 AM »
Motherland, i live in Center Valley Pa, ( a little south of Allentown) and had the opportunity to see those windmills while driving to Pittsburgh on a business trip. I know the wind generators you are speaking of. They are HUGE.  I actually pulled off the side of the road and was probably a 1/4 of a mile away. I could not imagine being right on top of them though. From that distance i still had to move my head up to see the tops of them.   :salute
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« Reply #22 on: October 27, 2008, 11:15:13 AM »
Very cool, thanks for posting the pics!   :salute
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Offline Chalenge

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« Reply #23 on: October 27, 2008, 11:21:10 AM »
Quote from: Holden McGroin on October 27, 2008, 05:51:09 AM
T Boone disagrees with you.

T Boone? Ha! If he wraps himself around nuclear plants then we can talk!  :aok
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« Reply #24 on: October 27, 2008, 11:31:06 AM »
Quote from: Bronk on October 27, 2008, 05:17:31 AM
Dooo eeet all.
 Windmills, tidal, solar and drill. Let the opec countries eat that oil. :aok

Well said :aok

Get all the wind power possible, something has to give sooner or later..
OPEC or us, I rather it be OPEC!!!

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« Reply #25 on: October 27, 2008, 12:08:54 PM »
Quote from: Holden McGroin on October 27, 2008, 05:51:09 AM
T Boone disagrees with you.

 T Boone is selling windmills, follow the money.
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Offline Hungry

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« Reply #26 on: October 27, 2008, 12:27:36 PM »
Right now before it hits, if these things take off you can get wind energy stocks dirt cheap.  an ETF with the symbol FAN is an example.  FPL is more expensive.  WND.V, GRH, CPTC.OB are others.  Newish companies so not a lot to go on but for the few bucks they cost me I felt it was worth buying in and taking a wait and see.


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Offline Maverick

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« Reply #27 on: October 27, 2008, 12:35:50 PM »
Quote from: Nilsen on October 27, 2008, 06:14:53 AM
Well if you dont need to use oil to produce electricity you can import less.

Supply and demand.

IIRC most of our electricity is from coal and natural gas when we use a fossil fuel for it.
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« Reply #28 on: October 27, 2008, 12:47:17 PM »
I live just north of Houston and I see the blades being trucked all the time on I-45.

HUGE!!!!!!
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« Reply #29 on: October 27, 2008, 02:18:05 PM »
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Well if you dont need to use oil to produce electricity you can import less.

As Maverick said, the US uses very little oil for power generation. US electricity generation by source, 2006:

Coal - 49%
Natural Gas - 20%
Nuclear - 19%
Hydro - 7%
Renewables - 2.4%
Petroleum - 1.6%

Even the 1.6% provided by petroleum is produced by burning petroleum coke and residual fuel oil, two by-products of the refining process that aren't much use for anything other than firing boilers.
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