[KathieI]

Originally Posted by samhass

I wonder what would happen if everyone is TV put up the money for a wind farm and we had our own electric co-op. We sure seem to get plenty of wind. It would be interesting to explore how much power we would need, what we needed to produce it, historical wind data, how much it would cost, cost per home, etc. Anyone have any thoughts? I know there are lots of engineers out there.

Good idea, Sam. I just returned from a weekend in Palm Springs. They have hundreds of the wind turbines in the windiest parts of the desert area just below the mountains in the foothills. Don't know how they work but they sure are incredible to see. I've often wanted to interview some of the engineers in their power company to find out how beneficial they are to the desert cities. Never have, and now that I'm moving to Florida, doubt I ever will.

Here's a link showing a picture of some of the turbines. This picture is a few years old and there are many, many more than this now.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:P..._turbines2.jpg