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Gubernatorial Faux Pas...
Harnessing the wind and doing all we can to utilize all kinds of clean, renewable energy sources should be the goal of all of us. But this particular technology is so far proving to be expensive, inefficient, and unreliable. So, Governor O'Malley, before wrecking our ridges, how about first going ahead with the offshore plan at Ocean City and see how it goes in terms of production and efficiency? (After all, on hazy days, we won't be able to see them ...
December 4, 2008
in The Republican
It seems at this point that Garrett County's picturesque mountain ridges will ultimately be blighted by giant wind turbines, but until construction actually gets under way, this column will continue to be utilized from time to time to rail against them.
Our very own Governor O'Malley, who supports turbines in Garrett County, actually committed a couple of faux pas - probably without even realizing it - just last night on a Baltimore television station. He made the following comment to a news reporter, referring to the possibility of an offshore industrial wind turbine project at Ocean City: "The attractive thing... [continue via Web link]
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