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Quietly, Wind Farms Spread Footprint in U.S

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- 49 days ago - reuters.com
While growth in ethanol use as an alternative fuel has had a big impact on rural America, wind power has also been growing steadily for the past three years, with wind farms like this one springing up all over the windy expanse of the Great Plains and bey
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Bette M. (487)
Tuesday May 20, 2008, 6:03 pm
I never thought trees would look like windmills of the 21st century!!!!!

They are downright ugly........Will earth eventually look like Spocks world of glass, metals and two feet thick automatic sliding doors?????


"We see things not as they are,
but as we are."
--H.M. Tomlinson


PLANT TREES OR LIVE IN A DESERT............


 

Eric S. (2141)
Wednesday May 21, 2008, 7:24 am
I like wind towers and the spinnning blades, especially the rotating ones... very cool. Much better than nuke plants and anything burning carbon fuels; coal, oil, gas, bio fuel, etc.
 

Nanna Brenda (5)
Wednesday May 21, 2008, 9:07 pm
I have to agree that they do not look the nicest but our children may think it is natural to see these. I like the old Dutch Windmills and have been talking to our Homestead Family Community (Intentional Community-Communal Lifestyle) about building a Dutch one here.
I managed to get the new transportation started within the community. Just do not like the looks of these, but they will help. I can not denie that.
 
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