>We drove back home to Washington for the weekend (hadn't been to our house there since February ... had to make sure it was still standing ... it was <g>). It's a nice drive through the Columbia River Gorge. Seeing a bunch of new wind turbines being built there (quite a lot since February!) made me seriously think again about investing some stock money into these companies. I think the turbines are pretty cool and despite what some people say about how they destroy the view and all, I don't think they do. Maybe I'm weird.

If they suck too much power out of the wind in the gorge, the windsurfers etc. won't come any more! They'll start petitioning to stop turbines, just like banning oxygen dihydride!