Democrats have found the perfect symbol for their convention: a windmill that doesn’t work: The eastern Colorado wind turbine tapped for the Democratic National Convention’s carbon-offset program has one problem: It doesn’t generate any electricity….

Democrats have found the perfect symbol for their convention: a windmill that doesn’t work: The eastern Colorado wind turbine tapped for the Democratic National Convention’s carbon-offset program has one problem: It doesn’t generate any electricity….

RabbidSquirrel said:

Im actually in favor of EVERY house and every business in the US having its own tubine sitting on top of it. We’re all in this together.

And we thought just having all the utility poles with power lines strung up all over the place was ugly enough…

RabbidSquirrel said:

On July 28th, 2008 at 2:33 pm, Danceswithdachshunds said:

Worse than I imagined… Frequency of bird and bat species killed between March 1998-February 1999 at 685 turbine towers in the Altamont Wind Resource Area.

And a Partridge in a Pear tree……..

Hey, I’m just trying get my prespective onto the same astroplane as those who would sit in a tree for weeks to save a spotted owl – the same people who worship Al Gore…

hunter said:

This may not be the exact post for this question, but can anyone tell me how much I can get for a carbon credit? I am single and travel for work most of the time. I would think that I should be able to sell carbon credits for all of the days of not running the AC or heat and all of the water saved!

I have plenty carbon credits to sell too; I built the Hoover dam and planted all the trees in Yellowstone National Park. Yeah! That’s the ticket!

On July 28th, 2008 at 4:03 pm, Floyd R. Turbo said:

As conservatives, can’t we at least see a partial benefit to wind power?
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But there is some benefit in getting power w/o burning something. Is there not?

On a more serious note.. Sometimes I wonder what the cost/benefit is. Have you actually driven through the turbine fields of Eastern Colorado? Just when you think you have reached BFE, you actually need to keep driving for another 50 miles. It takes a convoy of serveral trucks and support vehicles to deliver the parts for each and every turbine. And it is so far out there, that I wonder how much fuel it takes to maintain each one.

Im actually in favor of EVERY house and every business in the US having its own tubine sitting on top of it. We’re all in this together.

On July 28th, 2008 at 2:33 pm, Danceswithdachshunds said:

Worse than I imagined… Frequency of bird and bat species killed between March 1998-February 1999 at 685 turbine towers in the Altamont Wind Resource Area.

And a Partridge in a Pear tree……..

On July 28th, 2008 at 11:29 am, letget said:

This is so funny. Mabye a gerbal would make the blades turn by running on his little wheel.

On July 28th, 2008 at 5:04 pm, J S Ragman said:
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Yeah, but they all taste like chicken.

The west has an over-abundance of Prarie Dogs. They just need to harness those little buggers and then strap a tube to their bums to collect all that methane.

On July 28th, 2008 at 11:30 pm, hunter said:

I may not put it on my resume, but how many of us would automatically qualify for a secondary degree if it came true? The steller college diet, seconded by the late night taco or burger runs! Double majors for all!!

…and the PhD candidates eating hard boiled eggs and drinking Grain Belt beer.

Can you imagine THAT on a resume? I bet we would have college courses as prolific as ethnic studies departments.

…an MF degree…Major of Farting.

I may not put it on my resume, but how many of us would automatically qualify for a secondary degree if it came true? The steller college diet, seconded by the late night taco or burger runs! Double majors for all!!

On July 28th, 2008 at 11:12 pm, hunter said:

Republicanvet, excellent name for the new job. Fair warning, I will be using it for a few family and friends. I will give you your due whenever possible.

Can you imagine THAT on a resume? I bet we would have college courses as prolific as ethnic studies departments.

…an MF degree…Major of Farting.