February 22, 2007

West Texas Winds

When I lived out in West Texas in the late 1980s I didn't think of the near-constant wind as a resource. I thought of it as a nuisance that made my neck hurt, peppered my face with grit and sometimes made it tough to drive a car (though the tumbling tumbleweeds added a humorous visual touch).

Today, however, West Texas' wind is making news as an energy resource in a Big in Texas way. It's just one of several items I've written about today over at the Ecotality blog. Also among today's several posts at Ecotality: A look at a "radical" new business model for selling solar power systems to residential customers.