reply to post by Valhall
If $40,000 is about how much a windmill costs, then for it to pay off in the 6 to 8 years stated, your normal electric bill must be astronomical.
$417 is how much a month it would be and that’s twice as much as we normally pay a month. Using our own average on the high side would take at
least 16 years to begin to start paying for itself. That is something we could not possibly do and STILL pay a utility company for the “calm
wind” times. And I’m afraid, that because of our location, that $40,000 would be very low to what actual shipping and installation would be.
This isn’t a satellite antenna dish.
And now I understand from research that there is no viable way of “storing” the very few times there is an excess. Is this true? And those few
that use batteries are actually causing as much or more pollution than they prevent. That’s no good.
Do I have to move to an elevated location, and how do I know if my area has enough wind to even power a windmill?
No one ever talks about these problems.
Every building effects the wind pattern. Every tree. Every hill and valley both artificial and natural. Just
imagine being able to harness the energy caused by the wind tunnel effect by our skyscrapers in downtowns all across the planet... 
