I know of 2 wind farms within 2 hours of my house in Minneapolis, and I saw 
the makings of several others while driving through the Midwest a couple 
weeks ago.  Yes, it seems to me that you are being over-cynical and 
over-reactional, as are many others.


John Lee



At 05:07 AM 9/6/05 -0400, John Dunlop wrote:



>I wasn't aware that the US had a moratorium on drilling new wells on its own
>soil. Is this true? Is this so that the rest of the world can have their 
>deposits
>exhausted first and the US will still have their own reserves to use 
>afterwards?
>or am I being over-cynical?
>
>It's a shame that the big oil companies have such a stranglehold on the US 
>that
>any alternatives to dirty, expensive, fossil fuels is quickly quashed.
>
>When will sense return to the decision makers in the US?
>
>I live in hope.
>
>Cheers,
>
>John Dunlop
>
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