Organic Valley Ends Year Keeping More Farmers on the Land; Begins 2012 with Farmer Pay Price Increase

Organic Valley Ends Year Keeping More Farmers on the Land; Begins 2012 with Farmer Pay Price Increase












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Q&A: What is the price tag on a wind farm for generating energy?

Question by swylie2000: What is the price tag on a wind farm for generating energy?
I was wondering about the total cost of building a wind farm or even a solar farm. What would the initial investment be?

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Answer by G. M.1. Understand Your Wind Resource The most important factor toconsider in the construction of a wind energy facility is the site’s windresource. A site must have a minimum annual average wind speed in theneighborhood of 11-13 mph to even be considered. Local weather dataavailable from airports and meteorological stations may provide someinsight as to averages. You can also check [...]

What is the price of wind energy electricity?

Question by Joe: What is the price of wind energy electricity?
I would like to compare the price of wind energy, either the cost of one unit of electricity or the cost of a turbine ect. against the rising prices of oil, to see whether wind energy is a sensible investment. All figures have to be accurate, any websites I could find this information on I would be very very grateful for! thanks!

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Answer by Siemens vs. AlstomWind energy is free.
The actual cost is capital, profit and maintenance.

Capital is the cost of the wind turbines + land. You have to find [...]

What is the price for 1 ton of oil of algae origin ? ( used for biodiesel production )?

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Question by Anitei M: What is the price for 1 ton of oil of algae origin ? ( used for biodiesel production )?

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Answer by smaccasMost of the oil we use in our cars used to be oil from marine zooplankton and phytoplankton that died and sunk to the bottom of the ocean millions of years ago but growing algae or zooplankton commercially so as to make fuel is a good idea although the burning of these fuels will still emit carbon. Good idea though. I’m sure someone in the world would be researching this topic.

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What price is your children’s future worth?

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Question by Spock (rhp): What price is your children’s future worth?
Ask any family with children or grandchildren what they want for the future and the almost certain answer you get is “We want the kids to have it better than we do.”

If you press for further information, “better” turns out to mean economically better off and better educated, or (in many second and third world countries) free to be part of the political solutions (as opposed to being peasants and thus ignored).

Afaik, this human desire is both universal and overwhelming — adults will undergo serious hardships and severe [...]

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