<![CDATA[Grist - Comment Feed for Famed progressive blog raises money to buy turbines.]]> Grist Comment Feed en Comment #1 by MikeCapone http://www.grist.org/article/a-dkos-wind-farm/ Thu, 14 Jul 2005 18:51:07 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/a-dkos-wind-farm/1 That's pretty cool

My father has been talking about community wind farms for a while now.

I'll post about it on TreeHugger, thanks for the tip.

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SUVs are squared-out minivans.

]]> That's pretty cool

My father has been talking about community wind farms for a while now.

I'll post about it on TreeHugger, thanks for the tip.

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SUVs are squared-out minivans.

]]> Comment #2 by amazingdrx http://www.grist.org/article/a-dkos-wind-farm/ Thu, 14 Jul 2005 22:39:01 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/a-dkos-wind-farm/2 Venture cap for wind?

It's out there right now.

I would go for the 1000 foot scale wind machines on the northern great plains.  With mass production the cost will move down towards 1 cent per kwh.

A plan similar to the building of the liberty ships in WW 2.  This would provide outstanding long term stable income for investors.  

Bonds and dividend paying stock that would replace the traditional safe "widow and orphan" investments long gone down to wall street weaseldome via hedge fund insider trading.

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It's out there right now.

I would go for the 1000 foot scale wind machines on the northern great plains.  With mass production the cost will move down towards 1 cent per kwh.

A plan similar to the building of the liberty ships in WW 2.  This would provide outstanding long term stable income for investors.  

Bonds and dividend paying stock that would replace the traditional safe "widow and orphan" investments long gone down to wall street weaseldome via hedge fund insider trading.

]]> Comment #3 by amazingdrx http://www.grist.org/article/a-dkos-wind-farm/ Fri, 15 Jul 2005 00:14:57 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/a-dkos-wind-farm/3 And furthermore.

The company formed to finance and pay for the debt through sales of wind electric power ought to be the investor owned part of this plan.  A cooperative non-profit like the old utility and fatm cooperatives is the best model.  Where investor/consumers of the power benefit from long term low power costs and also stable return on their investment.

The main development/design company should be separate, and contract with small business suppliers for the component parts and installation and transportation services.

This business needs to be independent enough to secure inovative solutions to building huge wind machines and mass producing and installing them.  But it also has to be held to contract agreements by the wind power cooperative.

The coop could also spread out into leasing  plugin hybrid  cars and biofuel projects to power them.

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The company formed to finance and pay for the debt through sales of wind electric power ought to be the investor owned part of this plan.  A cooperative non-profit like the old utility and fatm cooperatives is the best model.  Where investor/consumers of the power benefit from long term low power costs and also stable return on their investment.

The main development/design company should be separate, and contract with small business suppliers for the component parts and installation and transportation services.

This business needs to be independent enough to secure inovative solutions to building huge wind machines and mass producing and installing them.  But it also has to be held to contract agreements by the wind power cooperative.

The coop could also spread out into leasing  plugin hybrid  cars and biofuel projects to power them.

]]> Comment #4 by MikeCapone http://www.grist.org/article/a-dkos-wind-farm/ Fri, 15 Jul 2005 06:50:57 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/a-dkos-wind-farm/4 Denmark

I know that in Denmark many farmers build wind turbines on their property and get revenues of around $200,000/year from one turbine.

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SUVs are squared-out minivans.

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I know that in Denmark many farmers build wind turbines on their property and get revenues of around $200,000/year from one turbine.

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SUVs are squared-out minivans.

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