Iowa's green energy policy struggle
By Scott Simon
BBC News, Iowa
The presence of prairie winds and rich soil makes Iowa literally fertile ground for developing alternative energy sources from wind turbines and biofuels.
But the landscape is also a reminder that achieving energy independence is a formidable challenge and making an agricultural economy green is not easy...
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I like the article, but there are no prarie winds anymore. Corn field winds, prehaps, but not prarie. (I belive 97 or 98% of the land in Iowa is owned by private citizens, the greatest % of any state)
We drove to Des Moines on Monday, Joel V and Daniel Mahaffy and I. Dozens and dozens of turbines along the way. It was unreal how many there were, and more being transported and assembled. Joel says they are new. Are they?
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