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".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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