HUGE windmills.
If you don't want to click the link I'll just tell you - they cost $70 million and are 100 feet taller than the Statue of Liberty.
Huge freakin' windmills!
Here is a photo of the new view (this is a mountaintop, not a hill, mind you)...
And another (look closely)...
One of the things we cherished about Adzentoivich Woods was the fact that when there you felt as if you were the only people in the world. You could see no neighbors, no roads, nothing.Complete solitude.
Nature in it's natural state.
I have mixed feelings about these new addiitons to our environ. On one hand they are really, really cool. I mean really. They turn so slowly and silently. Giants on the hillside quietly bringing life through the wind to humanity. Harnasing the winds and squeezing from them electricity.
Clean power.
Responsible power.
Natural power.
Little or no by-products. No pollution (hello, co-gen plants?).
Almost majestic in their pursuit and stature.
Calming to behold and somewhat humbling.
Heck, we were even thinking of putting one up on the farm - though not nearly as large. And cousin Anne trekked halfway across the country in a gas-guzzling SUV to pick one up for her place.
Off the grid, self-sustaining power. Hope for the future.
On the other hand - HUGE FREAKIN' WINDMILLS SEEN FROM MY FRONT PORCH!
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Yeah, but think how cool they'll look getting blasted w/ lightening during a thunderstorm!
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