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NNadir Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-02-10 12:06 PM
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6. Well, if one's READING LEVEL is high, one catches the word "exceeds." If one understands
science one also understands that decibels are a logarithmic scale which has some, um, implications.

Of course the worst sound that they are likely to hear is when one of the blades flies off and crashes, or, as often happens, when the whole unit crashes to the ground.



And then they'll be the construction crews to dismantle the things when they burn out: Cape Wind ratepayers have just learned that on top of their already ridiculously expensive electricity rates for that affectation of environmentalism, the decomissioning cost of those heaps of junk after their 25 year life time will be $70 million bucks.
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