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Texas wagers huge on wind

Started by nmindependent · 9 months ago

New Mexico has its work cut out if it wants to catch up with its eastern neighbor in wind generation.
Texas is betting big — as in billions of dollars — on a massive system of transmission lines to help move electricity generated along the windy patches of West Texas to t ... Continue reading »

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  • oyegithamu

    11 months ago

    Although I'm an advocate for renewable energy (solar & wind power), I'm not a fan of these types of projects. Personally, I think instead of building huge wind farms and the then needed transmission lines to carry that energy to homes & businesses, it would be more cost efficient and to install solar panels & smaller wind turbines on individual homes & businesses.

    Building codes should be changed so that all new construction of residential & commercial property includes the installation of wind & solar power. Also, existing homes & businesses should also begin a phased retrofitted with wind & solar power so that within 10 years, all buildings are off the power grid.

    I think it is a viable alternative to continued dependence on coal-powered & nuclear-powered power plants, which both have some serious drawbacks. The big drawback of my idea is that it is a threat to existing power-producing corporations that rely on our continued dependence on their system and that monthly payment to keep them in business.
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