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txlibdem

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21. Intent does not have to be the same as effect

Reply to XemaSab (Reply #19)

Mon Jan 23, 2012, 07:42 AM

Jan 2012

Companies in a Capitalist society that relies on a monetary system are intent on making money. Personally, I don't care who is making money on solar, just as long as the solar farms are placed where they will do the most good -- where they will end the use of the most coal, oil, or fracking natural gas. And that will be exactly the effect of having large numbers of massive, huge solar farms in the desert southwest.

Effect, not intent. We need to END the use of all fossils (coal, oil, gasoline, diesel, heating oil and all other derivatives, and fracking natural gas) BEFORE THEY END US.

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World's Largest Wind Farm in Wyoming to Be Equipped with 1000 Wind Turbines [View all] jpak Jan 2012 OP

A little further down in the article they say 2500 MW madokie Jan 2012 #1

This message was self-deleted by its author txlibdem Jan 2012 #2

Bravo! Now *that* is a wind farm! txlibdem Jan 2012 #3

At 4-6 billion dollars, that is a pricey project. Massacure Jan 2012 #4

It's cheaper than nuclear jpak Jan 2012 #5

WRONG and DISENGENUOUS!!! PamW Jan 2012 #8

Naturally you cannot do math correctly jpak Jan 2012 #9

Where do wind turbines produce power 70-90% of the time consistantly? nt NickB79 Jan 2012 #10

Numerous Scientific ERRORS!! PamW Jan 2012 #11

Sorry Pam - you are wrong again jpak Jan 2012 #17

You left off the part where you showed that she was wrong. FBaggins Jan 2012 #20

Faulty Reading Comprehension PamW Jan 2012 #22

BIG DEAL!! PamW Jan 2012 #12

It is a big deal when you post things that are not true jpak Jan 2012 #18

Which you have YET to demonstrate. PamW Jan 2012 #23

I demonstrated that your BOGUS unscientific wiki reference was wrong jpak Jan 2012 #24

There's at least one huge wind farm there now DavidDvorkin Jan 2012 #6

Wyoming is one of the best areas for wind farms to be txlibdem Jan 2012 #7

It's going to be more than a few massive solar farms in the desert XemaSab Jan 2012 #13

Would you rather have the world's widest expansion of rooftop PV yet only make 3% of the electricity txlibdem Jan 2012 #14

I've done field work on these projects XemaSab Jan 2012 #15

And I care because... ? txlibdem Jan 2012 #16

You appear to be laboring under the misimpression XemaSab Jan 2012 #19

Intent does not have to be the same as effect txlibdem Jan 2012 #21

Interesting OKIsItJustMe Jan 2012 #25

I know that anecdotes are not data XemaSab Jan 2012 #26

Sometimes, anecdotes are the only data we have OKIsItJustMe Jan 2012 #27