[FreedomCalls]

I was down in Abilene recently and what used to be an empty pass south of town, Buffalo Gap, is now studded with these enormous wind turbines all over it. One is right beside the road. You just don't realize just how BIG the things are until you are up beside one.

The turbines are so large they show up well on Google Maps.

Link here

[Cincinatus' Wife]

Thank you for the link!

Here are some more visuals.

[Total Package]

Their in the middle of nowhere

[w1andsodidwe]

Altamount Pass near Livermore California http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=Tracy,+CA&ie=UTF8&z=15&ll=37.71248,-121.637836&spn=0.023188,0.057721&t=h&om=1

These have been in place for more than 30 years. I am so used to seeing them that the landscape would look strange without them.

[sam_paine]

First thing I caught as funny, making it clear that I live on the northwest interface between "the hill country" and "west Texas" outside of a little town pop. 1100 (on a good day.)

But "We're destroying so much scenery [outside of Abilene] for so little power;" has to be one of the ironic statements of the week. As Rush commented once, "You have to be going to Abilene...you don't go by it on the way to anywhere!" LOL.

This guy, if you read the article -IS NOT- a Texan, nor is he a 'rancher', IMHO.

Rankin, who raises horses on his ranch but makes his living in the chemical business, and eight other property owners sued in 2005 to stop..

Horses are rich mans' toys. I suspect that this guy is a businessman that got rich and bought a bunch of land out in the boonies to get away from it all, and is now trying to tell his neighbors what to do.

Wind power is ridiculous compared to nukes, but $12k/year might pay the property taxes indefinitely and allow you to actually "own" the land once again, even in today's socialist state. This idiot is going to condemn his neighbors to have to move away from him.

And even West Texas will eventually run out of places to run away to!!!