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Almost a year since last post on this thread...but I guess that's a reflection of the pace of this boondoggle. Anybody have any thoughts on latest developments? Boston Herald - "Offshore Wind Farm Wins Last OK, but Lacks Buyer for 50% of Power"...

Article in today's Herald: "Billions for Big Wind - Cape plan feeds fear of costly boondoggle" http://www.bostonherald.com/business/general/view.bg?articleid=1254172 Good article. One of the highlights: "...Cape Wind Associates, the private developer of the 130-turbine wind farm off the coast...

Generally speaking, building on land is more cost effective. Offshore wind has higher development/construction and operating costs. ________ XT500

Another data point for the real world cost of offshore wind power: "Utility Reaches Deal to Buy Power from Cape Wind" http://www.boston.com/business/ticker/2010/05/utility_reaches.html So, it's 230% the cost of conventional power, AFTER accounting for federal tax incentives. Brilliant...

The Portsmouth turbine was featured in an episode of "World's Toughest Fixes" I happened to see last year: http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/series/worlds-toughest-fixes/4218/Overview ________ Kawasaki KR-1S

Great point. But no matter where you put 'em, there will be NIMBYs. I'm still for large plants if/where they make sense, but worth noting is the rapidly advancing technology of small, modular, typically-underground (out of sight, safe from attack/theft, etc.) and cheaper (both in upfront...

I?m not sure anyone said it was the cheapest option, but there?s no argument whatsoever that it is by far the least expensive non-greenhouse gas emitting option. Advances in technology may improve wind and solar?s relative disadvantage, but I suspect concurrent advances in nuclear power...

Ha! Glad you said it, not me ? but you?re absolutely right about it being the ?tree-huggers? (and I mean that in the nicest possible way) fault. I would point out though, that we?ve already made unbelievable progress in nuclear ? you just wouldn?t know it if you listened to the anti-nuke folks...

That?s a great point palindrome. I had considered that myself, but I?m not really opposed to it because of the impact on the views, or the sound itself ? it?s mostly financial for me. I agree (again, cost not considered) that a ?nice? thing about a project like this is that it?s in the water ...

While I may very well be a schmuck, I'm definitely not "rich" by most definitions. ________ volcano vaporizer digital

Ron, with all due respect, it?s those kinds of knee jerk responses (and insults) that attempt to put an end to a serious debate, but instead make you look maybe just a little too biased and irrational. As I stated, I?m all for clean/green power, but if people would take a little more time doing...

Looks like I failed the image insert test....I'll figure it out eventually, but in the meantime, if anyone wants to see it, the graph is in that link (which hopefully works, but can also be found by searching for "The Cost of Generating Electricity"). ________ home made vaporizer

That?s a good link/chart, thanks. I took a quick look at the link, and if I read the summary correctly, it looks like, A) the costs for coal/gas are overstated based on the assumption (probably not a bad one unfortunately) that some form of cap-and-trade/carbon-tax will be implemented and B)...

Thanks for the suggestion kennedy, it was probably only about 20 minutes since I logged in, so I didn't think I had to worry about it. I was on my wife's laptop too, so I didn't have the benefit of cookies. I need to remember my tactic of typing anything over 1 paragraph in Notebook/Word, then...

How long does it take for a session to time out on this forum? I just typed a response and hit submit, only to get bounced out and asked for my password again. ARGH! Here?s another try? Not trying to be sarcastic, but wouldn?t there be a pretty big risk of a ?Filene?s on the Sea? if the...