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NNadir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-10 08:31 PM Original message |
Oregon's Steen Mountain, prized for wilderness views, to get wind farm. |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-10 08:55 PM Response to Original message |
1. And when $1.25B in turbines becomes a rusting junkpile in 15 years |
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NNadir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-10 09:10 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Good point. Although truth be told, no one has gone to scrap the useless wind farms |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-10 09:15 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. IIRC many still spin and generators are still functional however the whole mess |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-10 09:15 PM Response to Original message |
4. Given all the hamburger farms in the area, I expect a few Burger Kings would fit right in. nt |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-10 11:51 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. Oh yeah, this sure does look like a factory farming location: |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-10 08:03 AM Response to Reply #6 |
9. There is nothing but ranches and empty land up and down that valley. |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-07-10 12:52 AM Response to Reply #9 |
12. That beef ain't winding up in your fast food meal. |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-09-10 09:55 AM Response to Reply #12 |
19. So what, those cows are all pets? nt |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-11-10 10:05 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. Harney County produces almost exclusively free range beef. Grass fed beef. High quality beef. |
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malakai2 (483 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-10 11:10 PM Response to Original message |
5. Well hey, it LOOKS clean |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-10 11:58 PM Response to Original message |
7. How the hell did they circumvent the Steens Mountain Cooperative Management and Protection Act? |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-07-10 12:52 AM Response to Reply #7 |
13. This is a fucking travesty. |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-10 02:34 AM Response to Original message |
8. Interesting comments by the Portland Audubon Society in this article, too. |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-07-10 12:51 AM Response to Reply #8 |
11. Kick. Another example of energy companies exploiting poor communities. |
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malakai2 (483 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-07-10 07:10 AM Response to Reply #11 |
14. Good call |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-07-10 06:49 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. Feel free to post your experiences. |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-07-10 07:25 AM Response to Reply #8 |
15. "dividing the Steens projects into three pieces of about 104" |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-07-10 02:13 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. Wind companies are in it for the money, a certain poster here makes that abundantly clear... |
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The2ndWheel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-10 09:17 AM Response to Original message |
10. Imagine if we just allowed that resource to blow by |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-09-10 03:38 AM Response to Original message |
18. Kick. |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-11-10 10:01 PM Response to Original message |
20. Kick. Note the silence from the wind power folks. |
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