From: Samantha Atkins (samantha@objectent.com)
Date: Sat Jul 27 2002 - 14:07:30 MDT
Harvey Newstrom wrote:
> I don't understand your subject line. Your comment sounds like you
> think the greens are fighting this because its not clean enough. But
> reading the article reveals that it is the local chamber of commerce
> president who is against it because it doesn't produce enough profit in
> return. This seems to be the typical battle of big business profits
> versus green power again. The worsening mindset here seems to be big
> business looking at the short-term bottom line instead of the long-term
> sustainability of power, the lowered dependence on foreign oil, and the
> lessened pollution. Is this the mindset you are complaining about, or
> is there more to this story that I missed?
>
> --
I don't see why having the locals get free power and perhaps a
smal percentage of the profits would not make their real (versus
utterly ridiculous) objections go away. Of course, if the
turbines are outside their jurisdiction there isn't a problem.
- samantha
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