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IChing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-05 11:29 AM Original message |
U.S. Senators Mount Assault on Wind Power( illegal in certain areas) |
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rodeodance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-05 11:32 AM Response to Original message |
1. Denmark runs on it a lot (story a few months ago) |
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rodeodance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-05 11:33 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. aesthetics is the problem here.--we want nice pure views |
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aden_nak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-05 11:36 AM Response to Reply #2 |
5. Nice pure views of our brown, sludgy oceans. . . . . BRILLIANT! |
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woodsprite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-05 11:36 AM Response to Reply #2 |
6. Yeah, only obstructed by oilwells and platforms. n/t |
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Stanchetalarooni (838 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-05 12:18 PM Response to Reply #2 |
24. Beauty within the eye of the beholder. |
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leesa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-05 02:35 PM Response to Reply #2 |
44. The fields of windmills are quite beautiful. We prefer derricks though |
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mom cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-05 08:18 PM Response to Reply #2 |
65. Like blowing the tops off mountains to make mining easier! |
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China_cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-05 11:34 AM Response to Reply #1 |
4. And most of Holland was built on wind power. |
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IChing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-05 11:36 AM Response to Reply #1 |
7. My children live there but This bill is insane |
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apple_ridge (406 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-05 11:33 AM Response to Original message |
3. Next week they'll ban solar. |
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IChing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-05 06:59 PM Response to Reply #3 |
59. why not tomorrow? |
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SteppingRazor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-05 11:38 AM Response to Original message |
8. The problem here is that Dems are just as guilty |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-05 12:21 PM Response to Reply #8 |
25. What are you talking about? That project is NOT DEAD |
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pop goes the weasel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-05 11:41 AM Response to Original message |
9. let's ban cellular towers too |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-05 11:57 AM Response to Reply #9 |
16. ... and skyscrapers, and drilling towers, and transmission lines, and ... |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-05 01:04 PM Response to Reply #16 |
37. Exactly! |
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whistle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-05 11:41 AM Response to Original message |
10. Republicans have a bill to ban human body heat as a way of |
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tanyev (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-05 11:45 AM Response to Original message |
11. I could support this if they could find a way to harness |
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SoDesuKa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-05 11:48 AM Response to Original message |
12. Corrected Link |
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IChing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-05 11:52 AM Response to Reply #12 |
15. Thanks but this upset me |
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IChing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-05 11:48 AM Response to Original message |
13. Why 20 miles of a military base |
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endarkenment (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-05 12:47 PM Response to Reply #13 |
33. because nobody will vote against anything with the word 'military' in it |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-05 11:50 AM Response to Original message |
14. Wouldn't want windmills near a coastline |
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rodeodance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-05 12:00 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. i talked to a friend of mine last summer about this-she is as LEFT |
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jayctravis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-05 09:30 PM Response to Reply #14 |
69. Oh yeah, and windmills will be so not scenic along a coastline. |
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FlyByNight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-05 12:01 PM Response to Original message |
18. "Congress should not subsidize the destruction of... |
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MGKrebs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-05 12:02 PM Response to Original message |
19. They don't look so bad to me. |
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Terran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-05 04:56 PM Response to Reply #19 |
52. And I'd say the view in your photo |
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pinkpops (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-05 12:05 PM Response to Original message |
20. Things that destruct the american landscape: |
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Carolab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-25-05 01:24 AM Response to Reply #20 |
71. Healthy Forest, Clear Skies and REPUBLICANS ruin the landscape. |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-05 12:06 PM Response to Original message |
21. Alexander obviously doesn't read many government reports does he |
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Double T (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-05 12:12 PM Response to Original message |
22. The USA Is An Energy HOG And If We All Want To Continue To Live..... |
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LeftCoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-05 12:16 PM Response to Original message |
23. Gee, two COAL powered Sen's trying to kill wind generation... |
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IChing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-05 12:23 PM Response to Reply #23 |
26. Coal Plants look better than wind generators |
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LeftCoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-05 12:31 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. Have you ever seen the vast strip mines where they get coal? |
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IChing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-05 12:38 PM Response to Reply #28 |
30. Yes that looks lovely |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-05 12:42 PM Response to Reply #28 |
31. But *POOR* people live near those! |
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daleo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-05 02:32 PM Response to Reply #28 |
43. I guess tearing down mountains gives an unobstructed view |
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Lindacooks (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-05 06:06 PM Response to Reply #26 |
57. Wind generators are beautiful and elegant. |
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killbotfactory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-05 12:42 PM Response to Reply #23 |
32. I like the lovely thick smoke they spew out |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-05 12:29 PM Response to Original message |
27. "highly scenic area?" |
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4_Legs_Good (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-05 12:34 PM Response to Original message |
29. I have to admit, this is a good idea! I mean I live near Santa Barbara |
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FlaGranny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-05 12:57 PM Response to Reply #29 |
34. The wind chimes that are hanging |
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4_Legs_Good (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-05 01:21 PM Response to Reply #34 |
40. My freaking tomato plants tell me the same thing |
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IChing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-05 01:00 PM Response to Original message |
35. Map Reveals Wind Power Potential |
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LifeDuringWartime (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-05 01:03 PM Response to Original message |
36. fuck you congress |
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alarimer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-05 01:11 PM Response to Original message |
38. funny that they don't want wind farms near parks |
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hatrack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-05 01:16 PM Response to Reply #38 |
39. And a big-ass coal plant 20 miles from Mammoth Cave NP, that's A-OK |
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dutchdemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-05 01:39 PM Response to Reply #39 |
42. In Holland |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-05 01:27 PM Response to Original message |
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IChing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-05 03:27 PM Response to Original message |
45. off shore wind generators and oil |
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damntexdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-05 03:32 PM Response to Original message |
46. These blowhards are themselves evidence that they are lying. |
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doodadem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-05 04:17 PM Response to Original message |
47. Coming into Calif. on Hwy 40 from AZ |
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pacifictiger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-05 04:22 PM Response to Original message |
48. Will that mean |
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Logansquare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-05 04:29 PM Response to Original message |
49. What happened to "let the market decide?" |
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yellowcanine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-05 04:47 PM Response to Original message |
50. This is nuts - Windpower is the only way the ballyhood "Hydrogen" economy |
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Zodiak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-05 04:56 PM Response to Original message |
51. Dumb, dumb, dumb piece of legislation |
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sweetheart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-05 05:29 PM Response to Original message |
53. I admire their approach |
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IChing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-05 05:53 PM Response to Reply #53 |
54. MIlitary bases and 20milies from the coast? you admire this? |
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sweetheart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-05 08:59 PM Response to Reply #54 |
66. But does more make it better |
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NobleCynic (991 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-05 06:06 PM Response to Reply #53 |
56. Tecnically, wind energy could be our sole-source of energy... |
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sweetheart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-05 09:09 PM Response to Reply #56 |
67. Subsidies suck |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-05 05:59 PM Response to Original message |
55. Where the Hell is the Wind Power lobby? |
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NobleCynic (991 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-05 06:09 PM Response to Reply #55 |
58. Aye, but how many do you have to buy? |
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Megahurtz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-05 07:06 PM Response to Original message |
60. ANYTHING just to |
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dansolo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-05 07:27 PM Response to Original message |
61. Reminds me of ANWR |
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legally blonde (747 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-05 07:37 PM Response to Reply #61 |
62. Exactly what I was thinking |
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cosmicdot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-05 08:13 PM Response to Original message |
63. link to the story |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-05 08:17 PM Response to Original message |
64. Wall Street says fuck off mother nature |
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jayctravis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-05 09:26 PM Response to Original message |
68. A wind machine can be a work of art. |
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The Sushi Bandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-25-05 01:01 AM Response to Original message |
70. In Calif. they call them "Bird Blenders" |
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