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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Appal Energy
Sent: 18 January 2006 20:30
To: Biofuel@sustainablelists.org
Subject: Re: [Biofuel] NIMBY needs a sock stuffed in it relative to
wind/alternative energy
Take a look at the architectural topogr
Take a look at the architectural topography in the vicinity of Nantucket
Sound.
Oddly enough you'll see a belching, coal-fired, power plant.
I suppose that sight, along with all the mercury it emits, is more
preferable than field of wind turbines?
Betcha' it really increases the property value
It's easy. You can't have the option of NOT having a powerplant in
your backyard (unless you pledge to never use electricity again). But
you DO get to choose what kind.
a) a PV array -- ugly sparkley blue panels on your roof (in some
people's minds, I guess they're the type that would think diam
"He's sued and written and organized with passion and prowess. But his
op-ed on Cape Wind, with its (risible) fear that the windmills might be
heard ashore, showed that he hadn't quite understood just /how/ critical
the need to get the U.S. off fossil fuels really is."
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