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Old 06-29-08, 10:45 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Media misrepresentation of energy issues

Not sure this is in the most appropriate place....
Making wind power sexy? That was the title of a long article in a local paper about wind turbines. The Herald Journal Serving Logan and Cache Valley > News > Making wind power sexy
According to what I read, the citizens of Spanish Fork, Utah are giving away a 70% property tax break for 10 years to help bring about a facility that could supply 74% of their homes (when the wind blows) but the power is actually going to California.
Rocky Mountain Power will pay 5 or 6 cents per kWhr of any excess capacity, but there is no mention of what the actual generation expenses are.
And it lauded 2 marketing professors from Utah State Univ. for spending 4 years pushing this project down the throats of rightfully skeptical local residents.
If we are to have any kind of energy policy in the USA, shouldn't the media be responsible for accurate reporting?
BTW, shouldn't we have an ENERGY category?
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