Monday, May 09, 2011
Governor expands area to keep out commercial wind farms
Gov. Sam Brownback on Friday announced a plan that he said would protect the tallgrass prairie by preventing further development of commercial wind farms in the Flint Hills. Brownback said he has reached an agreement with a coalition of ranchers, preservationists, wind developers, power companies and government officials to keep the area free of wind turbines. The designated “Tallgrass Heartland” area covers nearly 11,000 square miles running from Riley and Pottawatomie counties in the north to the state’s southern border. Brownback said his administration will work with wind developers to build in other parts of the state. And, he said, the Tallgrass Heartland designation will not prohibit construction of electric transmission lines. Wind farms currently under power-purchase agreements within the protected area will continue, he said, but will not be expanded...more
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11,000 square miles of tall grass that they burn off every fall, but can't stand to have electric wind generators there. Brownback is a fool and Kansas deserves him!
Anonymous must be a city boy. He is the fool. Brownback has done a great service to future generations.
Anonymous should make at least a minimal effort to know something about native prairie and the effects of wind developments before he makes a comment that reveals his boundless ignorance, An opinion is only as good as the information on which it is based.
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