http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:/2008/07/17/texas-invests-49-billion-to-pipe-green-energy-from-wind-turbines/ Top Technology news Mon, 13 Feb 2012 20:30:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:/2008/07/17/texas-invests-49-billion-to-pipe-green-energy-from-wind-turbines/comment-page-1/#comment-110082 Bobarian Fri, 18 Jul 2008 13:39:50 +0000 http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:/2008/07/17/texas-invests-49-billion-to-pipe-green-energy-from-wind-turbines/#comment-110082 The tons of steel needed to construct a wind generator tower is produced by an electric arc furnace which requires huge amounts of power from a coal-fired plant. In its entire lifetime, will a wind generator produce enough power to create, say, a wind generator? The tons of steel needed to construct a wind generator tower is produced by an electric arc furnace which requires huge amounts of power from a coal-fired plant. In its entire lifetime, will a wind generator produce enough power to create, say, a wind generator?

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