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Windy talks vs. oil needs

The Baton Rouge Advocate
April 12, 2009

Wind power has never been so nearly a national energy source than when high-powered politicians talk about it. And talk about it. And talk about it.

This is not a criticism of wind power, which is certainly part of America’s energy future; in parts of Texas, it’s a huge addition to clean energy production already.

Nor is President Barack Obama’s new head of the U.S. Department of Energy, Ken Salazar, wrong to tout the virtues of wind power in a series of hearings aimed at developing policy on energy development in the Outer Continental Shelf.

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