Nick Rahall. a West Virginia Congressman, is instigating mis-informed legislation that will re-chill wind development as did legislation by his fellow Congressmen concerning wind turbines and military radar clutter. Too-often urban legislators dream up regs or laws that don't "make a lick of sense." Does Mr. Rahall enjoy air-conditioning and heating? Is he concerned about affordable electricity rates for his constituents? If "yes," then ethically he is accountable for being thoroughly educated about birds and bats stricking wind turbine blades. Glass windows are equally destructive of birds; is he dreaming up a federal reg for that technology as well?
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South Dakotans can mimic this organization to harvest some of the 1,030 billion kW hours of wind power we enjoy (well ... SOME of us, any way) each year. We can harness some of those kWhs and put them to work for us in a number of situations, such as for air-conditioning and heating. We have a working model that can be adapted to our climate and REA situations; it's not "rocket science" any more!
A handful of South Dakota wind-
8 PM Jun 04, N at 20 mph
4 PM Jun 04, NNW at 23 mph11 AM
Jun 04, NNE at 14 mph
5 AM Jun 04,Calm 10 PM
Jun 03, NNW at 15 mph.
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'Til next time. Best Wind.
Monday, June 4, 2007
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