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Old 07-18-2008, 01:57 PM   #15 (permalink)
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Re: Texas Approves Massive New Wind Power Project; A Gust at the Volt's Back?

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Originally Posted by mjd1001 View Post
It's good to get more wind power, but getting more wind farms up isn't really a big thing to help out the Volt now. As pointed out in a thread on here the other day, most people with a Volt would be charging it overnight...when power demand is the lowest..and the current power grid could EASILY handle plug-in electric cars right now.
The point is that you could be charging your Volt on wind power. Not non-renewable energy sources, regardless of the state of the grid. It's an environmentalist's dream.

Imagine a small town in Texas near one of these wind farms where people can have their big screen TVs, cars, heat and air conditioning all coming from wind...

You can have the "American Dream" while using very little oil, coal or nuclear power. I'd say that's worth celebrating, even if there are downsides and flaws to it.
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