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« on: August 19, 2008, 08:57:05 AM »
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And unfortunately wherever there's a gold rush there's corruption. It's a shame that that clean energy is getting dirty.
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« Reply #1 on: August 19, 2008, 10:34:39 AM »
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Every day in the North Country during the warm months, trucks pulling giant flatbed trailers rumble down the highways, carrying tower sections and turbine blades. Some residents see the trucks not as a disturbance, but as an omen of jobs, money and cleaner air.

Well, that explains all the turbines travelling on I-81, since it runs pretty close to these areas.
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« Reply #2 on: August 19, 2008, 11:44:05 AM »
Not just on I-81. They are moving up and down I-35 through Iowa quite frequently too. There's a large windmill farm under construction here, and several trucks are going in and out daily w/ parts and supplies.

It's becoming a rather large business up here!
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« Reply #3 on: August 19, 2008, 12:01:23 PM »
Who is making them here in the US? I'd love to know where they are coming from.

As for the corruption... Pretty typical for the energy market, eh?
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