Friday, October 26, 2007

I said it was going to be $100 per barrel by the end of the year. Yep. Poor dollar, low stocks, invasion by Turkey. Yep.


Tehachapi wind farm (click here)

It sure looks good to me.

Wind farm at N.D. border to start by year's end (click here)
By Ben Shouse
Another border-straddling wind farm announced Wednesday it would start spinning by the end of the year, putting South Dakota on track to quadruple its production of electricity from wind.Acciona Energy, based in Sarriguren, Spain, is building 120 wind turbines at the Tatanka Wind Farm in North and South Dakota, according to the Governor's Office of Economic Development. The company has turbines in 180 wind farms worldwide.Tatanka will generate 88.5 megawatts of energy, enough to power the equivalent of roughly 26,000 homes. It would be the largest turbine installation in the state.
The state's first major wind farm is 44 megawatts near Highmore. The second - slated for 51 megawatts in South Dakota and 99 in Minnesota - is Minn-Dakota, also set to come online this year.



There is also a video of the zealotry of the industry culture at the bottom of the link.


...The 2007 Tokyo motor show featured a raft of new models and radical concept cars giving a glimpse at our motoring future.