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Cube · 05-12-2006, 10:56 AM

If I remember the article I read, this giant windfarm will only produce enough electricity for 125k homes. And it's going to cost a couple billion to build?

I'm all for clean energy, but how about making it easy to put solar panels on your house? We looked at doing it.. we would have to register as a power plant. We would have to agree to sell our excess to our supplier. We needed an attorney just to read the 20 pages of contract.. very disappointing!

As for the birds, they do adapt.. It's just funny, in a tragic way, to see the NIMBY attitude show up..

05-12-2006, 10:56 AM	#4
Cube Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Dripping Springs, Eldorado and Alpine, Texas Posts: 67	Re: Offshore Wind Farm - Padre Island If I remember the article I read, this giant windfarm will only produce enough electricity for 125k homes. And it's going to cost a couple billion to build? I'm all for clean energy, but how about making it easy to put solar panels on your house? We looked at doing it.. we would have to register as a power plant. We would have to agree to sell our excess to our supplier. We needed an attorney just to read the 20 pages of contract.. very disappointing! As for the birds, they do adapt.. It's just funny, in a tragic way, to see the NIMBY attitude show up.. __________________ Hal Skaggs