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When Americans start thinking like intelligent beings who understand the personal power potential large and small wind turbines represent, instead of acting like whiny, gullible wimps who are stupid enough to pretend to be unfazed if not proud to be buying gas made from $100-a-barrel oil, the sooner these sleek, little wonders of technology will become icons of intelligence. They can contribute to taking each of us as individuals off the rising-rates of the electric grid and out of the Middle East as a nation.

We are a schizoid nation. We're able to be both brilliant and incredibly stupid. Based on the reporting that noise and shadows are what bugs people most, I would say we're in a decidedly stupid phase at the moment.

One would think that Americans, who historically have prided themselves on being independent, resourceful pioneers whose progress as a society is built on hard work, ingenuity and commercial and industrial creativity would use those same attributes to tackle maybe the biggest challenge before us now. But we seem to have drifted into a Sargasso Sea of indifference and confusion about what's important. American Idol, college and pro sports, the cult of the celebrity and being good consumeroids (while being bad savers or energy conservers) are front and center in their minds. What a tragedy of Greek proportions. In reply to: "'Small wind' turbines blow onto rooftops"

October 29, 2007

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