Re: [Biofuel] NIMBY needs a sock stuffed in it relative to wind/alternative energy

2006-01-18 Thread MALCOLM MACLURE
colm -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [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

Re: [Biofuel] NIMBY needs a sock stuffed in it relative to wind/alternative energy

2006-01-18 Thread Appal Energy
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

Re: [Biofuel] NIMBY needs a sock stuffed in it relative to wind/alternative energy

2006-01-18 Thread Zeke Yewdall
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

[Biofuel] NIMBY needs a sock stuffed in it relative to wind/alternative energy

2006-01-18 Thread Appal Energy
"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." http://www.grist.org/comm