LOL Good post Doug! If anyone has a problem with wind turbines killing birds - bats - bugs - what have you... all they need do is look up the EXXON VALDEZ...
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ROBIN MARSTRAND
r.marstrand@...
May 1, 2003 8:06 am
... From: Retscreen [mailto:Rets@...] Sent: Terça-feira, 29 de Abril de 2003 21:57 Subject: Renewable Energy Marketplace from Natural Resources...
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Hamlin, Peter R
PRHamlin@...
May 1, 2003 2:51 pm
I've been following with interest the discussion on environmental groups and wind power particularly since we have announced our intentions to construct a...
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Tom Gray
tomgraywind
May 1, 2003 3:15 pm
Interesting, I haven't heard that before. However, it sounds like only a slight twist on the position of some of the environmental and conservation groups in...
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Gar Lipow
lipowg@...
May 1, 2003 3:52 pm
... OK - I hope you don't mind my giving some advice here. 1) Ask the Audubon society for information on this "scarecrow" affect. Ask who the local expert is...
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Gar Lipow
lipowg@...
May 1, 2003 4:07 pm
... Tom, don't those problems apply mainly to uncultivated land though? If a turbine is sited on ploughed land, aren't the migration and nesting patterns...
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michaelacook
michaelacook@...
May 1, 2003 4:14 pm
Hello Peter... So the insanity continues.... now we have a "scarecrow effect"... in corn fields no less....one would think the farmers would pay you to put in...
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Tom Gray
tomgraywind
May 1, 2003 5:35 pm
This all sounds like excellent advice. A couple of additional comments: (1) There IS some avoidance effect by birds at wind farms. A recent study from...
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Tom Gray
tomgraywind
May 1, 2003 5:48 pm
Yes, that's correct, good point--if the land is already in agricultural use, then the added impact of wind should be negligible. I'll check a little more on ...
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IntegEner/InR
integener
May 1, 2003 7:11 pm
The chapter 3 on the IntegEner "Three Bladed Horizontals" file out on the renewable-energy files page ( http://groups.yahoo.com/group/renewable-energy/files/...
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Gar Lipow
lipowg@...
May 1, 2003 7:21 pm
... One place to start is with: http://www.marylandwind.org/pdfs/appendixa.pdf An Appendix to the PHASE I AVIAN RISK ASSESSMENT FOR THE ALLEGHENY HEIGHTS WIND...
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Tom Gray
tomgraywind
May 1, 2003 7:52 pm
Thanks, Gar. I attended a meeting in March where a presentation was given on the Buffalo Ridge study, and the presenter said the authors recommended continued...
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Gar W. Lipow
lipowg@...
May 1, 2003 10:58 pm
... Hi Tom, thanks for all the trouble you are taking. When you talk to your friend find out not only if it is agricultural land but what kind of agricultural...
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Mike Cook
michaelacook@...
May 2, 2003 12:50 am
All this about nesting birds and we have not even broached the effects on bats and honey bees..... OY VEY! ... HEIGHTS ... on ... and...
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Gar Lipow
lipowg@...
May 2, 2003 6:00 am
... Mike, I get annoyed too. So many people don't realize that there is no Kilowatt Fairy, no BTU Bunny. Every method of saving or generating energy has an...
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Tom Gray
tomgraywind
May 2, 2003 12:04 pm
Sometimes it is a joy, sometimes it is just a pain. My sense is somewhat different, Gar, and with your experience maybe you can tell me if I'm wrong. I feel...
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Gar Lipow
lipowg@...
May 2, 2003 3:56 pm
... I agree about 90%. My sense remains that is a tiny fraction of environmental groups, not a majority. And it terms of tweaks being endless I agree with that...
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Steven Shepard
sbtdesigns
May 3, 2003 3:11 pm
FYI, I am happy and proud to report that on May 7, 2003 we will be moving back to our commercial office space! SBT Designs is proving to be a business idea ...
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Steve Spence
sspence65
May 3, 2003 7:06 pm
Yep. I specifically told him the oil becomes less viscous with heat. Oh well. Steve Spence Subscribe to the Renewable Energy Newsletter & Discussion Boards....
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baris yilmaz
barisy2001
May 3, 2003 9:20 pm
www.enerjiforumu.comwww.energia.gr Note: forwarded message attached. ... Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Search - Faster. Easier. Bingo. [Non-text portions of...
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IntegEner/InR
integener
May 5, 2003 12:19 am
Three very nice graphic drawings have been added to the Aircraft Aerodynamic Lift chapter 3 of the "Three Bladed Horizontals" text file out on this discussion...
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Michael Perry
mperry600256
May 5, 2003 6:25 am
I finally found one of these locally. (RadioShack has them on sale for $30.) I'm beginning to wonder how accurate this Kill-a-Watt unit might be. I have it...
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Mike Bergey
mbergey@...
May 5, 2003 2:41 pm
Urgent Lobbying Assistance Requested (And it's really, really simple to do!) This week the U.S. Senate will debate the Senate Energy Bill and consider ...
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Bob Ellison
ellison@...
May 5, 2003 4:36 pm
I understand there is a problem with accuracy with the "kill a watt" brand of meter with some if not all loads. The "Brand" Meter is much more accurate. Bob ...
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srinivas nedunuri
s_nedunuri
May 6, 2003 4:15 am
Very interesting, and I would love to see the Dakotas become the clean energy "Saudi Arabia" of the nation. Can we count on this Administration to prop up a ...
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Arcologic@...
May 6, 2003 4:58 am
An imaginative person wrote, ... Not a bad idea. But, hydrogen is harder to run through a pipe than natural gas. I assume that the kinematic viscosity is...
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Gar Lipow
lipowg@...
May 6, 2003 6:45 am
... I agree that politics are the roadblock - at least for wind providing at least 20, and perhaps 40% of our electricty - before adding storage or backup....
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Bob Ellison
ellison@...
May 6, 2003 9:34 am
To bad we can't get gas lines to hold up without leaking and exploding. Just imagine running the lines at 5 times the pressure and 20 years old with ...
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Tom Gray
tomgraywind
May 6, 2003 1:32 pm
Right. Actually, 20% would be pretty big--equal to what nuclear power generates today, more than twice as much as hydropower. And yes, transmission is a ...
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dananrg
May 6, 2003 7:15 pm
How difficult is it to start a non-profit corporation? I know it's relatively easy to start a for-profit Limited Liability Corporation (LLC). What's the...
