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To: JustaDumbBlonde

I am so impressed with all you have accomplished. Congratulations! I have books (now over 25 years old) about doing all that (solar, windmills) but met resistance from my husband who thought it wasn’t practical for us. He was probably right. There used to be a man who lived near me with 2 modern windmills on his farm. He offered to meet with us on all the ins and outs of establishing wind power as one of our sources of power. But, we never met, and he died. The heirs sold the farm.

A friend of mine purchased the buildings and land, but a pesky neighbor of hers kept cutting the wire between the windmills and the house! So, now the windmills have been removed. Can you imagine?


37 posted on 12/02/2011 1:20:49 PM PST by afraidfortherepublic
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To: afraidfortherepublic
I had never really looked into a solar system, but after I did and got a quote, it was better than wind power was going to be for us, and the windmill was quite large. My biggest requirement for the solar system was that I did not want a large array of panels on the house, nor did I want them taking up a large amount of the yard.

They were able to devise a system that will be on the roof of our large equipment shed, and they will be on the back side ... not even visible from the house or the street. They will be visible from the interstate though.

I can't imagine why someone would sabotage a neighbor's system. That is ridiculous and I would have pursued legal avenues before I took down the windmills. That is a shame.

42 posted on 12/02/2011 2:49:42 PM PST by JustaDumbBlonde (Don't wish doom on your enemies. Plan it.)
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To: afraidfortherepublic
but a pesky neighbor of hers kept cutting the wire between the windmills and the house!

After the second time, I'd be making it so they had to risk life, limb, and excessive amounts of noise before they tried that again. Something like positioning the pens so the wire ran along the fenceline between a bull and a boar...
54 posted on 12/02/2011 6:50:37 PM PST by Ellendra ("It's astounding how often people mistake their own stupidity for a lack of fairness." --Thunt)
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