[at-l] Windmills on tall buildings

[Ryan Crawford]

I guess I'm not the one complaining trying to keep from seeing windmills.  I
encourage them much quicker than nuclear power plants.  Out of all forms of
generating electricity windmills has to just about be the cleanest from
start to finish.

To figure out how clean the energy is you have to figure what it takes to
create whatever it is that generate the electricity.  How much energy/damage
to the environment does a hydrodam need to be built.  How many pollutants
are used to create solar cells.  How much hazardous/nuclear waste is created
making nuclear energy.  Now how is used to make wind power.  Stop and look
at the actual facts and not the hype.  Sure windmills may not look the
prettiest but they are the most environmentally friendly way of generating
electricity to power you cell phone, DVD player, computer, TV refrigerator,
washing machine/dryer, palm pilot, gps unit, etc.

It's amazing how many people fall for the stupidest concepts.  They don't
even check into the facts.  Take the hybrid cars.  They are actually dirtier
than gas guzzlers.  You do have to produce the batteries and than you have
to do something with the batteries when they die.  People are duped into
believing the hype so they run right out and do the 'environmentally
friendly' thing and give more of their money away and get a hybrid vehicle.

What next the fully electric/hydrogen vehicle.  You have to produce the
electricity to run the electric vehicle, what is that doing to the
environment.  You still have to produce the hydrogen to power the hydrogen
vehicle, what does that do to the environment.  I saw a hiker at the
Gathering in Gettysburg driving a hybrid vehicle and I about died laughing.
How stupid could he really be.  If he wanted better gas mileage than he may
have bought a decent vehicle.  IF he thought he was doing something good for
the environment than his trailname should be SUCKER.

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