The biggest investment in the clean and renewable energy in U.S. history has been approved - in Texas!

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In what experts say is the biggest investment in the clean and renewable energy in U.S. history, utility officials in the Lone Star State gave preliminary approval Thursday to a $4.9 billion plan to build new transmission lines to carry wind-generated electricity from gusty West Texas to urban areas like Dallas.

"People think about oil wells and football in Texas, but in 10 years they'll look back and say this was a brilliant thing to do," said Patrick Woodson, vice president of E.On Climate & Renewables North America, which has about 1,200 megawatts of wind projects already in use or on the drawing board in Texas.

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"We will add more wind than the 14 states following Texas combined," said PUC Commissioner Paul Hudson. "I think that's a very extraordinary achievement.

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The new plan would ... add transmission lines capable of moving about 18,000 megawatts. One expert said that is enough to power more than 4 million Texas homes.

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[kaydee457 13]

Unfortunately these novelty sources of energy aren't viable, nor economical. The capital costs to manufacture, install, and operate these "wind farms" far exceeds the costs of extracting crude oil.

Saudi's cost to extract a barrel of oil is around $0.33/barrel. It costs tens/hundred's of thousands of dollars to construct a single windmill generator, not to mention all the toxic materials used to make the carbon composite glass blades, etc.

There's much smoke that goes up the factory stack to produce a single wind generator that the "greenies" never mention.

The only viable source of energy this country has is COAL, and OIL; the OIL we have offshore, and in shale, and elsewhere.......

Jeesh, the liberals and the democrats (synomonous) are driving this country into oblivion!

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This project is in Texas. How can that be dismissed as a liberal conspiracy? These aren't a bunch of Massholes, they're Texans.

[natty bumppo 297]

This project is in Texas. How can that be dismissed as a liberal conspiracy? These aren't a bunch of Massholes, they're Texans.

the wind does blow in from CA

[Ban Hammer 13,352]

to power it, they'll import senators from mass.

[almaty 19]

no, they have plenty of hot air chopf##ks in texas..especially western texas

[Ban Hammer 13,352]

no, they have plenty of hot air chopf##ks in texas..especially western texas