[WisJim]

I'm putting this in the Energy Tech. forum because there are workshops at the Energy Fair relating to various kinds of energy generation and technology. The fair is June 23 through 25, 2006, near Custer, WI, which is a few miles east of Stevens Point, WI, near the center of the state. The fair workshop schedule and info on workshops are now available on-line:
http://www.the-mrea.org/energy_fair.php

I'll be there--only missed the first year of the fair because we were moving then--and I am sure that I will be learning a lot from the venders and workshops, and from the folks that I meet every year. Well worth a day or two on the road to get to the fair. If you can't make it to this one, which is the biggest and oldest in the world, check the Home Power website and see if there is something similar closer to you. http://www.homepower.com/events/#NATIONAL

Get out there and look at wind generators, PV panels, biodiesel plants, etc., first hand and talk to folks that are working with them.