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OT: Moorabal/Lal Lal wind farm 2-Sep-2009 At 7:29:39 PM pete05

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Can some of you tell me anywhere in the world where storage of electricity is working in a mainstream grid?
Its certainly not in use in Australia, that is the reason why wind will never work, solar thermal on the other hand will.
Advocates of wind power like to stretch the truth, just as the developers who promote it do.
Storage of electricity is a good idea, but who is going to pay for it? wind already costs 2-3 times that of coal generated power, plus the cost of back up.
Wind power is despised by the communities that it is pushed on, adds huge costs to consumers, does not reduce emmisions from coal like claimed, and makes people sick from the low frequency noise it generates (once again denied by promotors)
The arguments that it will replace base load is faniciful, and once again who is pushing that? the developers trying to con the government into giving them more money.
If wind power was so good and effective then why does in need the MRET scheme? why not just put them up if they are so efficient? because there not!