In coastal areas of the United States, offshore resources tend to dwarf the land-based wind component with the exception of California, Texas, Maine and a few other states.

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The stakes are higher this time: Over the past decade wind component manufacturers have set up shop in the U.S. to make turbines, blades and other parts for the massive machines near where wind farms are being built.

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When that wind generation component increases, the temperatures of fossil-fueled boilers must be dropped to maintain demand-supply equality.

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Look, from a pure PR perspective, you could break out everything into its 25 component parts, spent several weeks selling the component parts of wind energy, and passing it -- would it have made a PR difference?

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But having transplanted the heaviest and most costly component to the c, you'd wind up with only marginal improvements in cost and fuel economy, and a smaller, crummier car to put them in.

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In order to make wind energy cost-effective, one has to keep initial component costs as low as possible.

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