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BioDiesel on December 28, 2005 - 10:23pm

Great presentation.

Great graphs as well.

It's amazing how hard it is to convince people that wind is cheap!
America is entering a dangerous situation the next couple years; relying on LNG to heat our homes and make electricity.
Close to 20 billion will be invested in the LNG terminals/tankers/pipelines.
Imagine what 20 billion could do for wind power.
20,000 megawattts! At 5 cents a KWH! For 25+ years and minimal operation costs.

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Engineer-Poet on December 28, 2005 - 11:58pm

Unfortunately, diverting that money to wind wouldn't solve the problem; the US gets about 90,000 MW from gas.

OTOH, at $5/mmBTU and 40% efficiency, gas costs 4.3¢/kWh for fuel alone. "Pay for the next 20 years, or pay once and be done" sounds like a good slogan.

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