Living in the dark has its own illumination

Let’s see now, where were we ….

Ah, yes, the subject a year ago was wind energy, particularly Lincoln County’s giant wind turbines and the reluctance of some living within the shadows of these prairie colossuses (or is it colossi?) to embrace the new technology. New, that is, to us. It’s been accepted in Europe for years.


The first machines are up and running and delivering power for the price of a stiff Kansas gale.

All this isn’t sitting well with King Coal, whose vassals are galloping around the Kansas countryside trying to convince the serfs that he’s truly a merry old soul who knows best how to keep the lights glowing in their villages — but mostly the lights in the kingdoms of Colorado and Oklahoma.

So, what do we truly need? Wind? Coal? How about Solar? Nuclear, anyone?

Or, we could continue to poke holes in the ground in search of more oil, but what if the Cassandras are right and we’ve reached the point where demand has finally outpaced our ability to find and extract it?

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