review: texas leads the way in wind energy

[xchrom]

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_BOOK_REVIEW_WIND_RUSH?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2013-08-05-08-35-37

"The Great Texas Wind Rush: How George Bush, Ann Richards, and a Bunch of Tinkerers Helped the Oil and Gas State Win the Race to Wind Power" (University of Texas Press), by Kate Galbraith and Asher Price

Millions of people are asking how or if the country can transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy - and ironically Texas is leading the way in actually doing it.

In "The Great Texas Wind Rush," Kate Galbraith and Asher Price tell the strange, inspiring and at times funny story of how a culture known for Big Oil came to embrace Big Wind.

The tale begins in the late 1970s when a father-and-son team began to build new turbines, and by 1981, the second wind farm in the nation went up in northwest Texas. Thirty years and various disasters, backroom deals and fits of inspiration later, Texas had eclipsed California and every other state to become by far the biggest wind energy producer.

[unhappycamper]

1. Indeed they do:

[xchrom]

2. !

[mopinko]

3. it's everywhere now, tho.

just drove chicago to utah, and saw windfarms the whole way.

[Yo_Mama]

4. The Great Plains are supposed to be some of the world's best territory for onshore wind. n/t

[mopinko]

5. they are all over the midwest, at least.

many many in indiana, across illinois, tho mostly closer to the mississippi.
saw them in n.c. also.
everywhere i go.