39,000 in CO, MN & NM can get 100% of their energy from wind

[katinmn]

from Xcel Energy. Windsource is currently available to 38,803 customers in Minnesota, Colorado,and New Mexico. Not much, but it's a start.

You can opt to buy blocks of wind energy for $2 per 100 KW hours, but why not go whole hog and designate that 100% of your energy should come from wind? The wind alternative adds about $14 to your bill a month. Small price to pay in my view.

From the website:
How does Windsource improve the environment?
Through Windsource electricity is produced without air emissions, such as carbon dioxide and sulfur dioxide, both considered to contribute to greenhouse gases. Wind-generated electricity also uses no water and therefore requires no water treatment during production.

Supporting renewable energy means helping to reduce our dependence on fossil fuels and preserve our natural resources for the future.

How is the wind power produced?
Minnesota Windsource is produced mostly in southwest Minnesota, near Woodstock. There are 10 turbines, comprising five separate projects and each turbine produces an average of 3 million kilowatt-hours of electricity each year.

To sign up, go to: http://www.xcelenergy.com/XLWEB/CDA/0,2914,1-1-2_735_38...
and the American Wind Energy Association: http://www.awea.org /

[shoelace414]

1. Why do you have to pay more?

shouldn't this be a manhattan project to get us off foreign energy?

oh.. wait.. the rich need tax cuts.. nevermind.

[katinmn]

5. well, of course consumers will have to pay for the investment

to develop it.

We wouldn't expect the corporations to do this out of the goodness of their hearts, would we?

We couldn't expect our senators and representatives and our president to create laws mandating the development of alternative energy supplies, could we?

No, that would be asking too much from a corporate controlled society.

Still, I'll bite my tongue, say "good job" and pay the $14 extra a month. It's worth it.

[amazona]

2. "in my view"

As long as it's in your view, I don't have a problem with it. However, now they are talking windfarms offshore Louisiana. Excuse me? In a major migration flyway?

[illflem]

3. One of many like this

here's another http://nativeenergy.com/CE.htm?ce

[SariesNightly]

4. Support hyperion so they might grow bigger!

I see one day when each and every skyscraper will make the energy of a hundred windmills.