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Old 07-23-2008, 04:47 PM   #17 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by PursuitOfHappinessParty View Post
That's what the city did for us, we still run cattle there. The mix of agri and wind is another benefit of wind energy. The question I have is if this (Picken's) type of use is the way we wish to go about it. If a city were to invest in enough wind generators for local needs and took land thru ID, then its more or less okay (depending on circumstances, in the long run I was okay with what happened to our farm big-picture wise). To do so for private industry to then charge for the power is another issue.
Agreed.......

I am amazed that the cities are not taking advantage of their wind flows - I like these designs....

I imagine the leverage applied on the spindles of the "prop" designs would result in bearing, juncture fatigue and added expenses.....
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