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Article: The answer is blowing in the wind. (wind power)(includes related article on windpower misconceptions and facts) (Cover Story)
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- State Legislatures
- Article date:
- April 1, 1993
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CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 1993 National Conference of State Legislatures. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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Wind power is moving out of California into the rest of the country. Its economic and environmental benefits have caught the attention of legislators and public utility commissions.
No picture describes America's energy future better than a recent photograph taken in Oklahoma. It shows an old oil well--the "see-sawing" hammerhead type used to pump oil to the surface. Only this picture is different. Next to the oil well is a new wind turbine, and it's pumping the oil. (Even more symbolic of U.S. energy production is the much smaller quantity of oil pumped from that well than was produced a decade ago.) As it turns out, the Oklahoma Independent Petroleum Association ...