"Wolfgang" wrote in message
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...idly tossing out the notion of farming Lake Erie for wind generated
electricity.

Wolfgang
*yes, yes, i know that a corridor, say a mile or so wide, would have to be
left across the length of the lake to facilitate shipping, and that
similar paths would need to be left vacant at each port of consequence.
so, we sacrifice (if my map reading skills are up to the task) something
like 23,641 generators. this leaves us with a still not entirely
insignificant total of 3,976,359.

And some winters you could even use snowmobiles instead of watercraft get
out there to perform maintenance on them, and there certainly is no
shortage of snowmobiles in the Great Lakes area. 8)

Bob Weinberger