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  • From: Bunjov AT aol.com
  • To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: [Homestead] The Pickens Plan
  • Date: Wed, 6 Aug 2008 15:44:16 EDT

".between his water-fueled eminent domain land grab in Texas and his support
for a $5 billion bond measure in California, Pickens sure is using a lot of
government dough to benefit himself. Something tells me there must be a
better way to promote wind power than this."

The BLM round these parts has leased great areas of desert land to various
companies who are researching the viability of wind power - going on years
now.
We (Silver Valley residents) welcome businesses on a (very!) small scale -
like cottage industries - but we don't want our desert vistas cluttered with

windmills (like Palm Springs and Tehachapi).

Same as our Starry Skies Initiative. No street lights here. Even the little
bit of 'glow' that we get from Barstow is an intrusion.

And - as someone said just awhile ago (Don?) when the wind stops, the power
stops...so: what's the point? There are people in India running their
computers by bicycle. When did we get so lazy?

Sandy
Mid-Mojave, where yesterday's thunderburst blew my dining room window
inwards. Still cleaning up the shards. Gotta do it while the light is right.



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