In breezy Britain, wind farm cooperatives take off

December 16, 2008
Westmill Wind Farm Co-op in Watchfield near Swindon

Westmill Wind Farm Co-op in Watchfield near Swindon. With annual returns of 10 percent coupled with low risk, wind farm cooperatives are drawing growing numbers of investors in Britain -- good news for Europe's hopes to lead the world in renewable energy

With annual returns of 10 percent coupled with low risk, wind farm cooperatives are drawing growing numbers of investors in Britain -- good news for Europe's hopes to lead the world in renewable energy.


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GrayMouser
Dec 16, 2008

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They tried that in the US but when the government subsidies expired the wind farm became less attractive.
Lord_jag
Dec 17, 2008

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Wait until energy prices start to skyrocket. Electricity WILL hit 1$/kwh eventually. I know its about 10 cents now, but when it goes up, these will all look like great investments.
Velanarris
Dec 18, 2008

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Energy prices will not hit $1 without enough people dying for the demand to drop far enough for the prices to drop below $1. Unless you're referring to inflation in which case you're looking at another 10,000% inflation for that to happen.

It took Italy about 600 years to do that.
Lord_jag
Dec 20, 2008

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okay. Continue to live in denial then. Gas will never cost more then $3/gallon in your world either will it?
Velanarris
Dec 21, 2008

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okay. Continue to live in denial then. Gas will never cost more then $3/gallon in your world either will it?


Gasoline never initially costed $0.12 per gallon.

Gasoline and electricity are not analogous. You seem to draw a lot of parallels that don't have any real basis.
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