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Comment by JUDI JULIANO on March 7, 2009 at 2:17am

I would be the assistant district leader if Franklin Wallbrown still wants to be the district leader but I have no idea how to start or what to do.

Comment by JUDI JULIANO on March 6, 2009 at 5:21pm

I just invited 400 people to join Pickens Plan. Hope even 100 do. I'm pleased to find a group that goes green! My friends call me Aleen Gore! Thanks for being there. Sometimes I feel as though I'm the only one.

Comment by Franklin Joseph Cortez Wallbrown on February 20, 2009 at 7:00am

BTW, I've already said that I'd be the district leader or the assistant district leader. I don't know if I would be the best at it, but I believe that I'd be better than no one.

Comment by Franklin Joseph Cortez Wallbrown on February 20, 2009 at 6:58am

I too think that wind mills are attractive, and when you put a wind mill beside a coal burning power plant...welll...they look magnificent. It is also kind of nice that they don't blow people up either. Has anyone heared anything about wind turbines and birds? I know that they can kill birds, but is anyone solving this problem?

Comment by Rosewood on February 18, 2009 at 6:20pm

The thing I find hard to believe is that there are people who actually find these windmills unattractive. On a trip across the Pennsylvania Turnpike, we came upon the six HUGE windmills in Somerset. We could see them for miles, and were fascinated watching them. There's a great big open field outside my back window that used to be the site of radio towers. I would love to look out there and see the windmills turning--and, believe me there's enough wind through there to support them. Bring them to Springfield Township--right in my back yard!!!

Comment by Joshua Hayes on February 3, 2009 at 10:38am

You know, wind mills don't blow up and kill people:

Fire in Oak Creek

Comment by Joshua Hayes on February 3, 2009 at 7:26am

Go directly to Voinovich's website and tell him what you think about the need for wind energy in this country. He may be ignoring our form letter to the US Senate's website:

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Comment by Joshua Hayes on February 3, 2009 at 7:14am

Here is our local wind potential. Anything with a 2 or greater can supply our energy needs with wind:

Comment by Joshua Hayes on February 3, 2009 at 6:42am

This shows the potential for wind energy. Claims that 20% of America's electric needs could be satisfied by wind. I would bet, it could be a lot higher once the infrastructure is put in place. We have to think long term on these projects:

How much energy can wind realistically supply to the U.S.?

Wind energy could supply about 20% of the nation's electricity, according to Battelle Pacific Northwest Laboratory, a federal research lab. Wind energy resources useful for generating electricity can be found in nearly every state.

U.S. wind resources are even greater, however. North Dakota alone is theoretically capable (if there were enough transmission capacity) of producing enough wind-generated power to meet more than fourth of U.S. electricity demand. The theoretical potentials of the windiest states are shown in the following table.

THE TOP TWENTY STATES
for Wind Energy Potential
as measured by annual energy potential in the billions of kWh, factoring in environmental and land use exclusions for wind class of 3 and higher.
B kWh/Yr B kWh/Yr

1. North Dakota 1,210 11. Colorado 481
2. Texas 1,190 12. New Mexico 435
3. Kansas 1,070 13. Idaho 73
4. South Dakota 1,030 14. Michigan 65
5. Montana 1,020 15. New York 62
6. Nebraska 868 16. Illinois 61
7. Wyoming 747 17. California 59
8. Oklahoma 725 18. Wisconsin 58
9. Minnesota 657 19. Maine 56
10. Iowa 551 20. Missouri 52

Source: An Assessment of the Available Windy Land Area and Wind Energy Potential in the Contiguous United States, Pacific Northwest Laboratory, August 1991. PNL-7789

Comment by Joshua Hayes on February 2, 2009 at 6:07am

Great article showing that Wind Jobs now outnumber coal jobs. I think this is a very important point for our region of the country.

http://greenwombat.blogs.fortune.cnn.com/2009/01/28/wind-jobs-outstrip-the-coal-industry/

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