John Miller wrote: > Simon, > Excerpt from your living in Dryden wind article: > > Finally, I think I figured out and wrote up why > <http://simonstl.com/random/2008/02/wind-power-as-extractive-indus.html> > I'm not automatically a supporter of large-scale wind. Mostly it comes > down to the basic problem of not trusting the people who want to build > these, and realizing that the consequences aren't all bright > > Check out Empire State Wind Energy- org Tom Golisano (billionare- > founder of PayChecx, a payroll and human resource services solutions > company from which he departed Oct 1, 2004)- from Rochester who ran for > Governor)
Now you're asking me if I trust Tom Golisano, and that's another complicated question, though they do seem willing to put it in writing. This sounds better than a lot of wind power options - but that doesn't mean we should pass laws supporting wind power that assume developers are all going to live up to Golisano's promises. They aren't, even if he might. I'm also not sure how/whether it would be legal to endorse development on his terms while barring developers with less attractive notions of their role in the community. So yes, very cool - but an answer that solves part of the question. (I also wonder what other wind developers think of this approach, and its impact on their cash return on investment. It's nice to think this could be a model, but then I think about the energy business, and suspect the consensus answer would be 'no'.) Thanks, Simon St.Laurent http://livingindryden.org/ _______________________________________________ RSS, archives, subscription & listserv information for: [email protected] http://lists.mutualaid.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainabletompkins free hosting by http://www.mutualaid.org
