XPost: alt.home.repair, alt.energy.renewable   
      
   chaniarts  writes:   
      
   > On 11/21/2011 10:21 AM, despen@verizon.net wrote:   
   >> "(PeteCresswell)"  writes:   
   >>   
   >>> Per despen@verizon.net:   
   >>>> But windmills at sea?  I don't think I'm buying it.   
   >>>   
   >>> Neither was Ted Kennedy nor are the people on Cape Cod who are   
   >>> worried about the effect on their ocean view.  But the technology   
   >>> seems tb there bco the big money that's trying to build them.   
   >>   
   >> Don't know that TK ever complained about the looks, but   
   >> I'm not buying objecting on looks either.   
   >>   
   >> If there is technology that can stand up to the storms and   
   >> salt corrosion, I can't imagine what it is.  I see it being   
   >> done, but according to the article, the Dutch are complaining   
   >> about maintenance costs.  Makes sense to me.   
   >>   
   >> Wind wise, a great place to put a windmill.   
   >> Cost wise, still not buying it.   
   >   
   > deep sea oil rigs have somehow managed not to rust away   
      
   Yep, but they drill, connect to a pipeline and leave.   
   Plus they pull a fortune out of the ground.   
      
   Nothing to worry about, not like I'm the one that needs to   
   be convinced.   
      
   --   
   Dan Espen   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)