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jengurl1987 Elite Member II Posts: 5,544	Wind and Solar tech. Apr 6, 2015 18:48:31 GMT -5 heatherly likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by jengurl1987 on Apr 6, 2015 18:48:31 GMT -5 Germany currently receives 25% of its energy from windmills and solar panels! The Germans are in the forefront of this new environmentally safe technology.

a_muppet Global Moderator Posts: 25,624	Wind and Solar tech. Apr 7, 2015 1:32:34 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by a_muppet on Apr 7, 2015 1:32:34 GMT -5 Judging from the number of windmills here, and the number of houses with solar panels, we can't be far behind?
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heatherly Administrator Maintain low tones! Posts: 14,687	Wind and Solar tech. Apr 7, 2015 15:58:14 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by heatherly on Apr 7, 2015 15:58:14 GMT -5 Definitely some cool technology. I can't wait to see what else we come up with in the future!

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Wind and Solar tech. Apr 9, 2015 9:23:36 GMT -5

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Post by priscillams on Apr 9, 2015 9:23:36 GMT -5

I'm sorry but I just hate the look of windmills covering the hillsides. Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!

I don't know about solar panels here in the mid-Ohio valley, kinda cloudy in the winter.

But I do look forward to new technology. Nuclear research.....and fusion.

jengurl1987 Elite Member II Posts: 5,544	Wind and Solar tech. Apr 9, 2015 11:31:54 GMT -5 heatherly likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by jengurl1987 on Apr 9, 2015 11:31:54 GMT -5 Pris, we should surround you with windmills. Think of all the energy we could garner from your hot air! Does this deserve a double Grrrrrrrrrr?

priscillams Preferred Member Posts: 2,949	Wind and Solar tech. Apr 9, 2015 11:50:15 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by priscillams on Apr 9, 2015 11:50:15 GMT -5 My bite is worse than my bark!

jengurl1987 Elite Member II Posts: 5,544	Wind and Solar tech. Apr 9, 2015 11:56:54 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by jengurl1987 on Apr 9, 2015 11:56:54 GMT -5 Uh-oh.

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Wind and Solar tech. Apr 9, 2015 12:17:10 GMT -5 heatherly likes this

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Post by a_muppet on Apr 9, 2015 12:17:10 GMT -5

In a five minute drive I can see this windmill:

mw2.google.com/mw-panoramio/photos/medium/6185541.jpg

and in ten minutes, I can drive past one of these:

and it IS certainly the latter which is the more elegant.

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jengurl1987 Elite Member II Posts: 5,544	Wind and Solar tech. Apr 9, 2015 12:19:51 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by jengurl1987 on Apr 9, 2015 12:19:51 GMT -5 But, the first one is so traditional.

a_muppet Global Moderator Posts: 25,624	Wind and Solar tech. Apr 9, 2015 13:02:05 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by a_muppet on Apr 9, 2015 13:02:05 GMT -5 Apr 9, 2015 12:19:51 GMT -5 jengurl1987 said: But, the first one is so twee... Just helping.
	Caution, I am feral.

heatherly Administrator Maintain low tones! Posts: 14,687	Wind and Solar tech. Apr 9, 2015 13:19:51 GMT -5 a_muppet likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by heatherly on Apr 9, 2015 13:19:51 GMT -5 I like both of them, cherry! Priss, solar panels can work even if it's cloudy, just not as well, but it's still something :-)

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Wind and Solar tech. Apr 9, 2015 13:46:01 GMT -5 heatherly likes this

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I also like them both, but one is a piece of artistic sculpture, and the other should be a functional work horse of a building with an inherent beauty that reflects that. Unfortunately, we have turned them into biscuit tin artwork.

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jengurl1987 Elite Member II Posts: 5,544	Wind and Solar tech. Apr 9, 2015 13:56:00 GMT -5 heatherly likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by jengurl1987 on Apr 9, 2015 13:56:00 GMT -5 Kacey says "Mind your own biscuits and life will be gravy". Yeah, I know; everything gets back to Cassie Musgrapes!