In an era when the world as we know it is changing before our eyes and people are actually making good with breaking the shackles of the old ways, some uptight suburbs are making it downright impossible for people to explore alternate forms of energy.
While the southwestern Minneapolis suburb of Chanhassen is about as far from progressive as you could think, KSTP-TV dug deeper on their 10 PM Sunday news and found a story about a resident denied his petition to city hall to erect a small, home-sized electricity-generating windmill on his property.
While I understand that laws are laws and apparently one does exist stating that windmills have no place in the land of cookie-cutter McMansions, this is definitely a time in the grand scheme that things should be allowed to change and the stodgy people that made this suburb a haven for bland sameness should finally allow it to take on a flavor of its own. People have no problem with cell phone towers dotting the horizons, why not something that can free us from coal and oil -- if only one block at a time?
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3 comments:
With millions of old telephone poles and power lines standing across America, a wind tower looks elegant to me!
Windmill = Grinds grain, pumps water, inspires Dutch lads to stick their fingers in dikes, etc.
Wind Turbine = Converts wind power to electricity.
I was wondering if someone would notice this gaffe. I should have been more accurate but what do you expect for free?
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