tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1761638454678355918.post2240261746145423269..comments2022-04-07T09:23:29.985-07:00Comments on The Timblog: The Annoying Mr. W.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1761638454678355918.post-73920770925394776092013-01-31T10:06:53.851-08:002013-01-31T10:06:53.851-08:00I could not agree more! The USA has more energy re...I could not agree more! The USA has more energy resources in the wind than any Middle East has in the ground. It is the key to our energy independence. Unfortunately there are two forces at work that are preventing us from taking full advantage of it. The first is the incredibly rich oil industry exerting all the political influence virtually unlimited money can buy. Second is local regulations that prohibit wind turbines because building codes will not let allow the construction of anything taller than what the local fire department's tallest truck can reach. What nonsense!!! Most places will allow cellular phone towers with little concern over their impact on property values and they are horribly ugly. I cannot imagine the uproar if people were denied cellular service because they stopped building cell towers. To all the NIMBY's out there......please consider the countless lives that have been lost and the trillions of dollars going to oil companies and despotic oil regimes propped up by our insatiable need for hydrocarbons that are poisonning our environment and wrecking our climate. Let the towers be built and shake off our dependence on foreign oil and the oppression of millions of people worldwide that those oil profits allow.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com