Talk:Wind turbine

Free Texas Wind

I am considering removing that paragraph. It's nothing more than a gimmick. How about paying a little bit for daytime electricity and a little bit for nighttime electricity that costs the same as higher priced daytime and free nightime?--Jpatt (talk) 22:04, 9 November 2015 (EST)

I agree with removing that silly section. Texas has much less demands for energy at night, so charging more during the day and less at night is not helpful.--Andy Schlafly (talk) 21:03, 10 November 2015 (EST)

Instead of removing factual information, how about inserting references for dubious assertions? Tiered electrical rates have been in use for decades, this is not a gimmick. Encouraging customers to use electricity during the night when demand is lower is not helpful? Care to explain your reasoning? Why criticize something that helps everyone? --RobinBast (talk) 12:49, 11 November 2015 (EST)

I agree with Robin here. It's not a gimmick; it's just the law of supply and demand, which is an important part of the (not-government mandated) free enterprise system. I see prices change under free-market pressures all the time, and not necessarily to my personal convenience. I'd like restaurants to have lower prices when I want to eat there, but often it isn't so.

If the Texas company TXU has lower costs at night for meteorological reasons, it's reasonable, though perhaps not convenient for all customers, for it to charge less. If people can arrange for their heavy consumption to be during off-peak hours like that, everyone wins. SamHB (talk) 13:11, 11 November 2015 (EST)