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To: Alan Smithee who wrote (311906)	6/27/2009 10:51:10 AM
From: steve harris	Respond to of 794012

I'd give up coal plants for nukes, but that isn't going to happen either. Society is getting worse, more and more people are taking care of themselves, and to hell with everyone else. "not in my back yard"

To: Alan Smithee who wrote (311906)	6/27/2009 10:59:54 AM
From: Alan Smithee	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 794012

One of the complaints around here is that the power generated by the turbines is not even used here. It's put on the grid and sent to California. Guess that's something of a NIMBY argument - "why should we have the wind farms when we don't get to use the power?" I don't necessarily disagree. It's a bit like Obama's "we just want to spread the wealth" comment. They just want to take local electrical power and spread it around (primarily to California).