[Ben Ficklin]

"abandoned wind farms"

That has been fact checked and debunked a zillion times, but it sounds good.

Common sense tells you that the steel has great recycled value. Common sense also tells you that the spot picked to erect a windmill will also be a good spot to erect a replacement windmill.

OTOH, the steel casing in oil wells never gets recycled. Its cemented in place. How many tons of steel are there in each and every oil well that has been drilled since 1860. In Texas, US, and the world.

Anyhow, the above article about solar power has been upstaged. In recent days, Arizona Public Service Co has announced that they are going deep in roof top solar. Solar City is not happy about this.

OTOH, Oklahoma Gas and Electric was able to get the republican government to levy a $50/mo sun tax anybody with roof top solar

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

***”abandoned wind farms”

That has been fact checked and debunked a zillion times,***

Really?
http://www.garvindirect.com/2012/08/14000-abandoned-wind-turbines-in-usa.html

http://www.mediaust.com.au/Blog_Detail.asp?blog_item_id=116

Skim down to the wind farm article:
http://kaunewsbriefs.blogspot.com/2011_08_17_archive.html

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

OTOH, Oklahoma Gas and Electric was able to get the republican government to levy a $50/mo sun tax anybody with roof top solar

That's unfortunate. I'm for all-of-the-above on the free market when it comes to energy, with no penalties OR tax breaks or subsidies. But that will never happen, as long as the corporate scum can bend the law to their favor.