Cost of Wind PowerTurbines is Skyrocketing


	Cost of Wind PowerTurbines is Skyrocketing

Socratoad

5-23-2008 5:36 PM

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/4739a516-6f76-42f9-a753-45307301a723/80959D1F-E4E6-41A1-9D71-7BD5FEFC75A3/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/05/wind-turbine-costs-increased-offshore-power.php" href="http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/05/wind-turbine-costs-increased-offshore-power.php" style="font-size: 11px;">www.treehugger.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/05/wind-turbine-costs-increased-offshore-power.php"><H1 class="entry-header"><A _base_ href="http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/05/wind-turbine-costs-increased-offshore-power.php">Cost Of Wind Power Turbines Is SkyRocketing</A></H1></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/05/wind-turbine-costs-increased-offshore-power.php"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.treehugger.com/img/DC86F6B4-04E1-477B-96CF-18E4A7A9BC07" alt="Wind Turbines Sunset photo" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/05/wind-turbine-costs-increased-offshore-power.php"><P><STRONG>Increase of 74% for Land-Based, and 48% for Offshore Wind Turbines</STRONG>
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