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To: Valpal1

400 feet up ?


15 posted on 08/14/2008 2:34:20 PM PDT by nikos1121 (The first black president of the US should be at least a "Jackie Robinson.")
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To: nikos1121

big ones can be even taller

http://www.macalester.edu/maccares/Images/Turbine%20Scale%20-%20Windustry.jpg

http://www.gepower.com/prod_serv/products/wind_turbines/en/index.htm


25 posted on 08/14/2008 2:43:30 PM PDT by thackney (life is fragile, handle with prayer)
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To: nikos1121

It’s in the linked blog.

“Many modern turbines are 400 feet tall and carry 130-foot-long, 7-ton blades”

They are building them all over eastern Oregon where I live also.


29 posted on 08/14/2008 3:13:22 PM PDT by Valpal1 (OW! My head just exploded!)
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