Texas Approves a $4.93 Billion Wind-Power Project - Page 2

ludahai · 07-20-08, 10:12 AM

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Originally Posted by DarkWizard12

PRobably any of the bread-basket states that can support wind power.

You would think with all of the hot air on Capitol Hill, Washington, DC would be an ideal place.

Indy · 07-20-08, 12:05 PM

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Originally Posted by DarkWizard12

Do you know who T. Boone Pickens is?

T. Boone Pickens, Jr. - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

He is a billionaire who made his money from Big oil. You know, the typical kind of person democrats despise and want to tax and punish simply because he "made too much money" and "doesn't care for anyhting except getting richer and richer". Yet, here he is doing more for renewable energy than say, the democrat party. Even more surprisingly, he is doing it in a RED state where suppsoedly, everyone is dumb redneck christians who don't care about the enviroment.

Its goign to be a sad day for democrats when it is a red-state like Texas contributes more to renewable energy than California or New York or MAssechusetts.

Al-Gore and his gas-guzzling Limo and luxury personal airplane has to be PISSED right now.

Wow, look at that. You couldn't resist making political attacks could you? Grow up.

Indy · 07-20-08, 12:08 PM

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Originally Posted by UtahBill

Concerning Mr. Pickens plan, I wonder if anyone has factored in the cost of converting cars to NG? Freeing up NG to use in cars is fine, but how many citizens can pay for the conversion? Arizona had a tax subsidy for conversions that was very generous, but ended up costing the state hundreds of millions of dollars before they backed off. A politician or 2 went down the tubes over the project. With that fiasco on the books, I doubt that any other state will do the same.
I applaud the windmill projects, especailly in Texas. The visual impact won't be so bad there, because much of it is flat, dull, plain, etc.
But it will be expensive....

The problem with Arizona's plan was that it was unrealistic. People were buying brand new Chevy Suburbans and only paying like 6k for them. I remember that fiasco very well and how many people were exploiting it. Incentives could be offered to the populous but they have to be realistic unlike Arizona's.