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A look at the challenges of wind power development in rural areas, and what the election could mean for the future of wind.
The producer visits the site of a proposed wind farm in New Mexico that is meeting unlikely opposition. Other challenges come in the form of uncertain tax credits and an aging power grid, but the 2008 election holds hope for the future of wind - with audio from T Boone Pickens, Barack Obama and John McCain.
This piece is part of the Public Radio Rural Issues Project. You can find the other pieces in this series (along with promos and web content) here: http://www.prx.org/articles/1494
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A look at the challenges of wind power development in rural areas, and what the election could mean for the future of wind. The producer visits the site of a proposed wind farm in New Mexico that is meeting unlikely opposition. Other challenges come in the form of uncertain tax credits and an aging power grid, but the 2008 election holds hope for the future of wind - with audio from T Boone Pickens, Barack Obama and John McCain. This piece is part of the Public Radio Rural Issues Project. You can find the other pieces in this series (along with promos and web content) here: http://www.prx.org/articles/1494
Transcript
Drive west from Taos, New Mexico, cross the spectacular Rio Grande gorge, pass the community of earthships ? which has nothing to do with anything sci-fi - it's a sustainably-built kind of home made from recycled materials and powered by wind and solar. Pass those and keep heading west, and you'll find yourself right in the middle of... nothing. Here in this empty high desert, dotted with sagebrush and the occasional cow or sheep, is where eighty-something Taoseno Eliu Romero sees both his past and, hopefully, his future.
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I'm in Romero's truck with him and his business partner, Bill Lockwood, who is helping me to see the thin needle of a wind study tower the two men hope will be the first step to changing Taos County forever. It's actually not much to look at, but Lockwood sees much more.
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The duo is a bit of an odd couple ? Lockwood is h...
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LEDE - They're all talking about it - economists, environmentalists, the Presidential candidates, even a legendary oil man - they've all got the bug for wind power. And in Taos, New Mexico, two men are hoping their plan for a major wind project could transform the dusty high desert. Reporter Eric Mack visited the site to talk about some the challenges involved and the role that this year's election is playing in the plans.
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