Reply #: I wouldn't email 'em unless you live here, could be taken the wrong way. [View All]

[joshcryer]

I'll shoot him an email, Colorado is one of the most fossil fuel dependent states in the country. This is also unfortunate because the Colorado utilities are regulated and allow anyone with 250 MW capacity to hook into the grid and get paid. It's a win win no matter how you look at it. Yeah, a few turbines on the horizon can be irritating, but the visual cost (which you'd get used to anyway) is outweighed by the benefits. Colorado is increasingly progressive, it's the Washington of the midwest in my experience, we'll get there eventually.

The comments on the article are very disappointing.

I do love SL10's comment:

The irony here is no one minds peppering the U.S. with oil wells, but have problems with wind farms.. Hmmm...

It's so true, ever drive through Texas you'd know what it's like, hell, a good deal of the south is that way, peppered with unsightly oil wells, many of which are no longer operational but presumably sit there because it's cheaper to just leave 'em than clean up.

Then again, Texas isn't known very much for scenery, unlike Colorado. Whatever.