Tehachapi Windmills

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i like watching the sun rise over the turbines. what a sight.

There is no excuse in any way shape or form for somebody to object to the ideas of building windmill farms across the US, whether you believe in global warming or not, it is an energy source we should have had a lot more of a long time ago.

uh uh uh, and... the Tehachapi wind turbines produce an annual power output of 800 million kilowatt-hours. In dollars and cents that's about $120 million dollars worth... per year.. from an investment made almost 30 years ago. Remember that these turbines have stood there since 1980... in undiscounted numbers that makes about $3.5 billion dollars worth of power from a FREE source of energy (wind).

final note: the 5000 turbines' output could be replaced today by a realistic estimate of 120-150 modern Vestas 3MW wind turbines.

3. and if You and the rest of the right wing conservatives dont get this sooner than later, they will see the united states fall into a very deep hole of despair within 30-50 years, as their lifeblood (oil) reaches peak capacity and beyond, US will pay enormous premiums for gas and oil, rendering americans poorer and poorer, while the rest of the world produces clean renewable energy for themselves from wind, solar, bio and geo. You have to wake up, fossile fuels are running out! DEAL with it...

actually, I'm a right wing conservative who not only supports wind power, I work for a company that designs and builds them. Support for wind has been good in general from conservative politicians...Strange to see such emotional reaction to a non-position

Im sorry that was a little generalizing. But my understanding is that more often than not, it is conservatives who vote against subsidies and federal legislation in favor of these industries. And it is also my understanding that it is mostly conservatives who support further oil drilling and the keeping of subsidies for coal and oil industries as well as oppose taxes on emissions and gas-prices.

That is where my "emotional reaction" comes from. :)

2. You are also forgetting the risks that are incurred in todays power production. Oil/gas and, as a result, coal prices are increasingly volatile sources of energy. The source of energy for wind is free, solar is free... the cost of producing one kwh will be +/- 1% the same in 25 years as it is now! Also, the costs of co2, sulfur gasses, energy of transporting burning material etc. are almost impossible to predict and cause changes in our environment that are beyond our understanding.

@ hahajohnnyb Wow - you really are misinformed. It is too bad. No one has ever suggested that 100% of power should come from wind turbines. Denmark in Europe for example has over 20% of its power (On average) delivered from wind. When the wind does not blow the power is simply bought over the grid from neighboring states. This is why wind cannot supply 100% of all power, but neither can coal or nuclear which are both "base load" power sources that need gas plants to step in at peak demand.