[PeaceBeWithYou]

Also, Valley dairy farmers have installed systems to trap methane gas released by cows and convert it to energy, in the process reducing air pollution.

Now that conjurs up quite an interesting mental picture.

[rellimpank]

--major barriers--costs too much money to begin with and produces power at a much greater cost than any other source. I'm sure the "skilled worker"problem is minimal compared to the other two--

[biblewonk]

State policies and federal incentives increasingly encourage alternative energy development. For example, Gov. Gray Davis last year signed a bill requiring the state's utilities to provide 20 percent of their electricity from wind, solar and other renewable sources by 2017. The change is expected to double the amount of alternative energy used in California in the next 15 years.

OK I know we're suppose to always hate Kalifornia but I happen to like this one. Wind power will be the alternate energy of choice once people look at the costs involved. It won't be long and Wind will be pushing out gas, hydro and nukes. I think coal is the cheapest.

[farmfriend]

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