[Labyrinthos]

In my state -- NY -- the wind people are having a fair amount of success convincing municipalities to enter long term contracts to buy a certain percentage of their electric power from a wind farm in the western part of the state even though the cost per kilowatt hour is substantially higher than the cost for energy produced from hydronukecoal. Even the Republican whores have swallowed the green cool-aide and are now chanting the mantra that wind power is good for the environment. The good news is that several lawsuits have been commenced to set aside the contracts on the grounds that they violate the competitive bidding laws, which require competitive bidding on all nonemergency municipal contracts with a face value of something like $5000 or more.

[LisaS]

I hope the fight keeps up. The wind folks are slick in selling their idea. They are also very aggressive. Unfortunately, they've succeeded in pitting conservationist against conservationist.

The pro-wind group is a powerful lobby that has made headway on capitol hill and in the states. I find that politicians and state energy officials are always surprised when someone voices an "anti" argument.