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kristopher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-06-09 11:15 AM Original message |
Interior secretary says windmills off East Coast could replace 3,000 coal-fired power plants |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-06-09 11:16 AM Response to Original message |
1. How many coal fired plants are we using now? |
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kristopher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-06-09 11:21 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. There are about 1300 plants |
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NNadir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-06-09 01:17 PM Response to Reply #2 |
12. You mean that we could have negative 1700 plants?!?!? |
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kristopher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-06-09 04:17 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. Where to start with such deliberate ignorance... |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-07-09 08:28 AM Response to Reply #12 |
19. Yes, Salazar is "abysmally uniformed" and doesn't know "the first fucking thing about electricity" |
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BobRossi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-06-09 11:22 AM Response to Original message |
3. And create jobs. |
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kristopher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-06-09 11:24 AM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Not just in the building |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-06-09 11:37 AM Response to Reply #5 |
8. Climbing the scaffolding on a wind turbine can't be more dangerous than mining coal. |
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kristopher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-06-09 11:52 AM Response to Reply #8 |
11. Offshore, they often use helicopters to get to the nacelle. nt |
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Dead_Parrot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-06-09 04:24 PM Response to Reply #11 |
15. and what could be safer than dangling from a helicopter 200m over the ocean? |
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kristopher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-06-09 04:27 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. My son gets a kick out of doing things like that. |
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Nihil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-07-09 03:38 AM Response to Reply #15 |
17. Depends if the blades are still moving ... |
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Dead_Parrot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-07-09 03:56 AM Response to Reply #17 |
18. You mean... |
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HereSince1628 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-06-09 11:23 AM Response to Original message |
4. According to Union of Concerned Scientists there are about 600 coal fired generating plants |
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kristopher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-06-09 11:29 AM Response to Reply #4 |
6. They are wrong. |
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HereSince1628 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-06-09 11:40 AM Response to Reply #6 |
9. They might be. They aren't mine I won't try to defend them. |
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kristopher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-06-09 11:49 AM Response to Reply #9 |
10. It was a pretty hard number to find. |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-06-09 11:36 AM Response to Original message |
7. Wind Here, Solar Now, Pay Less! Generate, baby Generate! n/t |
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SurfingScientist (237 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-06-09 02:38 PM Response to Original message |
13. Denmark pioneered wind power 20+yrs ago... |
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