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Gee, that's a 1 Megawatt total capacity, not much. The largest wind turbine (immense) generates 7.5 Megawatts.
Even a run-of-the mill small wind turbine (with nearly 17,000 of them spinning worldwide) generates 1.5 Megawatts.
Using 30 generators on the river's floor to generate such a palty amount of power seems little more than a pilot plant, with little practical application. But I guess the taxpayer will foot the Federal bill so nobody care whether it makes sense or not.
and if this happens then some dumb ass concervationist will say the baldes spinning around the rivers floor is chopping the fishes in half or some bull crap like that.
They will say the blades will scrape against the bottom of baots passing buy.
there will be a hundred bad reasons why this is not a good idea, and our electric bills will still be high.
Where they really should have put the wind turbines in on the Fountain Ave dump off the belt parkway, across from Starrett city, instead of trying to make it a park buy dumping tons and tons of dirt and trying to plants trees on this plot of land....which to me the project has been abondoned since it looks the same for the last 5 years. This is where the turbines should be.
Where they really should have put the wind turbines in on the Fountain Ave dump off the belt parkway...
Or perhaps on the grounds of Fort Tilden in the Rockaways. Nobody lives there, and it's right on the ocean (plenty of wind 24/7). But, as always, you can't count on our dedicated elected officials to show too much common sense.
Or perhaps on the grounds of Fort Tilden in the Rockaways. Nobody lives there, and it's right on the ocean (plenty of wind 24/7). But, as always, you can't count on our dedicated elected officials to show too much common sense.
And when you use actually make and use hydro from the East River, then we upstate can have back all the power you currently suck away from Niagara Falls at cheap rates.
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