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Re: The Involved vs. The Apathetic -- odds anyone?

Re: The Involved vs. The Apathetic -- odds anyone?

Submitted by ctyankee on Thu, 05/15/2008 - 11:57.

More insight for my comment to athena (below)

  This little windmill is a perfect example... look at the unit price <$2/W that's pretty cool...

Q: So why aren't folks beating down the doors to buy these little dervishes?

A: Because they don't fit the needs of enough customers.

  I'm not knocking the product, I'm commenting on folks.

Could we build one just like it? Sure! probably cost $175,000, maybe more... why? Well molds for the shell and prop are probably the single big ticket items... the gearbox & bearings... the generator magnets might be COTS, so are the pipe/stand and the foundation.

  So Southwest Wind has managed to create a product, (kudos) but at 400W the impact has gotta be pretty small...  I don't know but I seriously doubt that this product line makes it to the 100 kilowatt mark monthly (I'm only speculating here)  Hardly a significant environmental impact, not even a drop in the bucket really.  

   And about wind in general, as I look outside my window, not a single leaf is even wobbling.  Yet the sun it out and shining brightly.

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The Involved vs. The Apathetic -- odds anyone? By: ctyankee (16 replies) Wed, 05/07/2008 - 13:33