[PeterPrinciple]

Think of comparing a 1950s automobile with last years models and you’ll get an appreciation for why modern turbines have only 1/3 the maintenance cost of those installed just 15 years ago.

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That may be true, but now look at it from higher ground. But what if we had spent all the money on improving and building more coal or nuclear generation? Don’t get distracted by the shiney windmills.

[cripplecreek]

But what if we had spent all the money on improving and building more coal or nuclear generation?

Yup. I'd like to repower some of the existing dams in my neck of the woods with newer more efficient generator technology. Instead the same bunch of pinwheel worshippers want to tear out all the dams so "the rivers can run free man".