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Comment Re:Remember when... (Score 1) 752

Not being American, my study of post WWI history mostly focused on my own country and the impacts of the war on Europe, especially the effect of the punitive treaty of Versailles on the economy of Germany. (Which as Churchill observed is one of the primary causes of WWII)

I think your whole analysis is somewhat suspect, but I was specifically referring to:

1919 failed attemp to overthrow yhe (sic) US government

I can find lots of references to the communists attempts to organize political parties and how they were (probably illegally) targeted by the state, but I have never heard of any attempts to actually overthrow the government. There were mass arrests and deportations, but there doesn't seem to be any evidence to support the statement "1919 failed attemp to overthrow yhe(sic) US government" other than that's what they were accused of.

Source please?

Comment Re:Not unproven (Score 1) 181

I guess this is why there are no new wind farms in Hawaii.... Oh wait!

It looks like there were two small installations (totalling about 11MW) that were shut down, but there are over 200MW currently in production and more on the way.

Remember that the early, small turbines that had very high blade speeds were extremely problematic.

Comment Re:Impressed (Score 2) 181

This article tells us that the tip this turbine rises 106 meters above sea level, so most of it would be visible... but the base itself would still probably be below the horizon I should think. Note that the article includes a photo and a YouTube video.

While wind turbines are clearly not natural, they are clearly a heck of a lot easier on the eyes than the nearby industrial complex that includes the ill-fated reactor.

Note that this is only the first turbine:

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. will install two more turbines, among the largest in the world with a diameter of 167 meters each, within two years. The three turbines, when completed, are expected to cover the power demand of more than 10,000 households

10,000 households is not that much, so I think these turbines are roughly equivilant to the Ecotricity turbines in Swaffham, Norfolk. This first turbine is rated at 2MW, the first turbine at Swaffham was 1.5MW and the second was 1.8MW.( Though I would suspect that offshore winds would be more reliable..)

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