Chuck
06-02-2009, 09:35 PM
http://www.cleanmpg.com/photos/data/2/AmericanFlag.jpg Texas utilities are planning a high voltage loop around the Panhandle to carry the power to the population centres of Dallas-Fort Worth and Houston. (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8076301.stm)
http://www.cleanmpg.com/photos/data/501/Wisconsin_Wind_Farm.jpgRoger Harrabin - BBC (http://news.bbc.co.uk) - June 1, 2009
Less regulation is why Texas now has more wind turbines than California --Ed.
Texan cattle rancher Mike Baca seems an unlikely evangelist for the American green revolution.
When he voices a visceral dislike of the "Washington liberals" there seems to be little hint of the environmentalist beneath the cowboy hat and saucer-sized belt-buckle.
But Mike is proof that renewable energy now unites the partisan debate on climate change.
Many Republicans sceptical of climate science support a major expansion of renewables to ease their nation's dependence on foreign oil.
In Mike's case, the tantalising prospect of pocketing hundreds of thousands of dollars from wind turbines on his ranch proves an extra incentive. ... http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8076301.stm
http://www.cleanmpg.com/photos/data/501/Wisconsin_Wind_Farm.jpgRoger Harrabin - BBC (http://news.bbc.co.uk) - June 1, 2009
Less regulation is why Texas now has more wind turbines than California --Ed.
Texan cattle rancher Mike Baca seems an unlikely evangelist for the American green revolution.
When he voices a visceral dislike of the "Washington liberals" there seems to be little hint of the environmentalist beneath the cowboy hat and saucer-sized belt-buckle.
But Mike is proof that renewable energy now unites the partisan debate on climate change.
Many Republicans sceptical of climate science support a major expansion of renewables to ease their nation's dependence on foreign oil.
In Mike's case, the tantalising prospect of pocketing hundreds of thousands of dollars from wind turbines on his ranch proves an extra incentive. ... http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8076301.stm