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Originally posted by csa_deadon And don't get me started on E85!

I'm with ya' there. The things that pass for eco-friendliness boggle my mind.

I'm an engineer and a skeptic. I love throwing darts at technical solutions based more on politics, money, and desire than science and engineering. In other words, I'm no fun. ;-)

Philip

Getting down to the fundamental issues at hand without the misc. political BS etc etc. Thats what I like to hear pbc

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Originally posted by bison Quote: Originally posted by stetson05 http://maglevwindturbine.com/ Concept only!!! Has this been implemented in any type of test phase to verify all the claims. The website is dated 2008. In alternative energy that's decades. Even the French FUSION power plant (ITER) will be online in about 10 years. Whats the timeline for this particular design???

I have heard that one is being built in central Washington. I don't know if they have even broken ground yet. The vertical blades seem to be more efficient. In DC last year in the light winds that were there the vertical windmill was spinning but the regular style windmill upwind from it was not.

Hey Guys,

This is not going to affect us at all. I have spoken with the BLM and our dry lake bed is safe. The will not be building anything on our dry lake bed or on the immediate mountain. It will be on the nevada side near roach dry lake bed.

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Originally posted by stetson05 Not directed at Maven454 or bison for that matter either. My Colt wasn't the coolest car for sure. So with 26 years to develop improvements and the prius is what we get? Forgive me if I am not impressed. I am not impressed with using nuclear fuel for only 10% of its energy then storing it when the French use 96% then store it. That is thanks to EPA and government regulations. I am sure it is better for the environment to store it with 90% of its energy left. And then they just give away all this land to be developed into inefficient energy production under the guise that it is green? How much land is to be impacted? The local nuclear power plant produces and sells its electricity for $0.04 kw/h at a profit and is only using using 10%. It outproduces 19200 acres of of windmills on 10% of what it is capable of? I think we are fixing the problem with the wrong answer. I wonder what people pay a kw/h in California? Rant over, Sorry

California has a tiered $/kwh system which punishes you for being a heavy user. My first bill in January was $700, with gas heat and hot water. I did my research on what was using the power and eventually had a $70 bill later in the spring. That first month I paid an average of .35/kwh. The base amount is .11 cents and .22 for the next tier. I paid 7 cents/kwh in GA.

Bob, you don't want to know what I pay. lol

Love having the Bonniville dam supply power on a 99 year contract to my p.u.d.