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Skriven 2013-06-24 05:51:02 av Dave Drum (1:18/200.0)
     Kommentar till en text av Jim Weller
Ärende: Hydro & Wind
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-=> JIM WELLER wrote to DAVE DRUM <=-

 DD> wind generation?

 JW> The latest figures say we are at 1.2% and doubling every five years.

 JW> Interestingly the NWT is a leader in wind. Even though we are tiny,
 JW> we are the third biggest producer after high population Ontario and
 JW> Quebec. This is mainly because we are off the grid here, with high
 JW> rates so wind is very cost effective despite the high initial
 JW> capital costs.

 JW> Rio Tinto's Diavik mine recently built a huge wind farm. Prior to
 JW> that their power was all generated by diesel (50 M litres per year
 JW> or 1000 tractor trailer loads via the ice road.) They spent $33
 JW> million on it and have reduced their need for diesel by 10%
 JW> I mention this because the blades are 33 metres long, the largest
 JW> ever shipped by road.

I wonder if they may have been built at the plant which I pass by several times
per week. Do you know if they are built in Canadia or in US? I do know that
those blades from the Siemens plant take special trailers and require the use
of pilot and chase cars to warn the pubic that something special is in the
vicinity. The BNSF railroad also ships the blades on special extra-long,
jointed in the middle, flat cars. I would imagine that logistics dictate a
train journey until the blade is as near to the end site as possible followed
by as short a road trip as can be made.
 
 JW> My stepson Ray is very interested in it; he has always been a
 JW> "greenie". He quit his high paying job at Diavik to become an
 JW> apprentice electrician which is the first step in becoming a wind
 JW> generator tech.

He's thinking forward - which is a good thing.
 
MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.06
 
      Title: Dutch Windmill Cookies
 Categories: Cookies, Snacks, Desserts
      Yield: 30 Servings
 
    1/4 c  Sour Cream
    1/2 ts Baking soda
  1 3/4 c  All-purpose flour
    1/2 ts Salt
    1/4 ts Ground cinnamon
    1/4 ts Ground nutmeg
    1/8 ts Ground cloves
      1 c  Firm packed brown sugar
    1/2 c  Butter; softened
           Sliced almonds
 
  These spice-flavored cut-out cookies are creatively
  assembled to resemble the blades on a windmill in Holland.
  
  Heat oven to 350oF/175oC. Stir sour cream and baking soda
  together in small bowl. Combine flour, salt, cinnamon,
  nutmeg and cloves in medium bowl. Set both mixtures aside.
  
  Combine brown sugar and butter in large bowl. Beat at med
  speed, scraping bowl often, until creamy. Reduce speed to
  low; add sour cream mixture. Beat until well mixed. Add
  flour mixture; continue beating until well mixed.
  
  Divide dough in half. Roll out dough on lightly floured
  surface, one-half at a time (keeping remaining dough
  refrigerated), to 1/4-inch thick 9-inch square. Cut square
  into 6 (1 1/2-inch) strips. Cut each strip into 11
  triangles.
  
  For each cookie, place 4 triangles (overlapping tips in
  middle) onto ungreased cookie sheet. Sprinkle sliced
  almonds in center of each cookie; press down lightly.
  Repeat with remaining triangles. Bake for 7 to 11 minutes
  or until set. Let cool on cookie sheet 2 minutes. Remove
  from cookie sheet. Repeat with remaining dough.
  
  Yield: 2 1/2 dozen cookies
  
  From: http://www.landolakes.com
  
  Uncle Dirty Dave's Archives
 
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