[SaxxonWoods]

Pickens lost money. My family has a ranch in Texas. Pickens people came to my folks and others, buying up right-of-way for transmission lines and pads for windmills. We were paid $30k for one pad and ROW. A nearby large ranch got paid for seven pads and ROW. Everyone in the area got a letter about 3 weeks ago saying the project was being dropped.

The money stays with us. He also had to pay for research, surveys and for people to do all the paperwork involved. Yeah, he lost some money there.

By the way, did you know that windmills kill more than birds? They wipe out bats too. The bats can miss the blades easily, but the turbulence crushes their lungs and snuff them out. Bats are important due to the large numbers of insects (like mosquitoes) they eat.

[Dysart]

Windmills blow.

We use to see nig rigs hauling the enormous blades on their flatbeds on I-20 heading West through DFW. Haven't see one in more than a year. Good riddance.