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SugarMyChurro -> They say it can't be done, but... (5/6/2008 7:28:57 PM)

Wind Energy In Rock Port
http://www.komu.com/satellite/SatelliteRender/KOMU.com/ba8a4513-c0a8-2f11-0063-9bd94c70b769/82ef1f89-80ce-0971-0149-4c3fa35272ea

Rock Port only has a population of 1,316 but last week they threw the switch as America's first ever community completely powered by the wind.

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Dream a different dream.




sappatoti -> RE: They say it can't be done, but... (5/6/2008 8:03:05 PM)

This is good news and cool stuff. Thanks for sharing.

It'll be interesting to see what the maintenance costs are for these turbines over the long term. If they're around the same as or less than the rates they've previously paid for getting their power from the grid, this may be a good deal. Plus, they may be able to sell their overage back to the grid, putting a little coin in the community's coffers for that inevitable "rainy day."

Yay for Rock Port for proving that we can get off the steenkin' foreign crude, one small community at a time.




sub4hire -> RE: They say it can't be done, but... (5/6/2008 8:08:33 PM)

Cool, have you check out Greensburg Kansas lately?  They got wiped out by tornadoes a year ago.
Rebuilding a green city...a good chunk is already built.

My old dom lives there so I get more of the scoop than you get on the news.





SugarMyChurro -> RE: They say it can't be done, but... (5/6/2008 8:16:01 PM)

Hey, the more the merrier. This is a good dream.

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