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To: elmatador who wrote (25812)	11/29/2002 12:46:06 AM
From: Snowshoe	Respond to of 74559

Wait until governments start auctioning "windrights" Interesting thought. Since wind rights are a relatively new concept, they generally belong to the landowner unless specifically unbundled and sold as a separate entity. It's not like radio spectrum, where the government claimed the whole kaboodle and then auctioned portions of it. The state and federal governments do own plenty of land, but some will remain off limits because of dedication to parks and military bases, etc. I think some wind plants in the US currently have leases to operate on federal land. Some of the best wind power sites are offshore, and there I assume the federal government would have exclusive control. But I expect the feds would be more likely to lease these sites out for a set number of years, rather than sell the rights in perpetuity. The above comments apply to the US.