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Town in Barry County hopes to soar on economic winds of change
Posted on February 21, 2008
KING CITY, Mo. -- Some people hate wind farms for chopping up birds. Others claim their vibrations can make you crazy or sick. But they’re cheaper and faster to build than conventional power plants.
Missouri is one of 30 states with companies harnessing breezes and blasts. Some government leaders in southwest Missouri are eying the benefits that they see accruing here in northwest Missouri.
On sites in three counties, 100 turbines with 140-foot fans crank out enough megawatts to power tens of thousands of homes. They’re 80 miles north of Kansas City, towering above the countryside where the wind is always blowing over what people jokingly call “the tundra” in winter.
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Posted at 02:46 PM on April 8, 2008 by http://musecrafters.com/marvin/
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1. People are all ready crazy and sick
2. No what ever we do dont chop up the birds lets kill them with all are pollution. ha ha ha IDOTS.
1. People are all ready crazy and sick
2. No what ever we do dont chop up the birds lets kill them with all are pollution. ha ha ha IDOTS.