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I'm far more familiar with the windmill collection outside Bloomington Illinois. Stood there under them and watched them for hours. They turn on. They turn off. They adjust themselves. They sometimes go slack during exceptionally high winds just because they're not built for the sort of winds you get in that part of the country.

MOST of the equipment is imported from abroad.

The reports are that aggregate average windspeed drops as the temperature increases. And, as the National Review article noted that's exactly what's happening in Texas this Summer.

BTW, I've lived all over this country at different times in different places so I have some idea of what happens when it comes to climate. Even did Advanced Infantry Training at Fort McClellan when it was being used for training during the Nam. We built a "Tiger Land" there in fact ~ about 120 degrees in the shade as I recall. You know what a Moon Pie and a Big RC are?

Do ya?

Betcha ya' don't. Hop off that Duece and a Half at the country store and go in and slide an ice cold RC up through the machine to the gate, put in a dime, pull it out, and WOW ~ nothing like it after a sweaty job.

The Moon Pie perks you up a bit but first the RC.

Benning wasn't as much fun ~ little opportunity to drive around the country and do stuff.

Hey, best bet, you go up in the Taledega National Forest some time and find a big ol' pine grove, and some tall trees, and you look down there and there's about 10 foot thick layers of pine needles. Lay out your poncho and take a snooze with the wind huffing through the branches over head.

I don't think any of you guys know about the South.