The idea that maybe it's better to run away from the crowd and look for investment from other sources, than get involved in bidding wars offering ever increasing tax abatements and incentives is beyond the economic development community.
That's interesting to here about Iberdrola. Spain's been blessed with hydro power, and they've built a great deal around wind energy.
I've always though that it would be a good idea to build up wind energy through the creation of cooperative companies based around farmer's organization (National Farmer's Union, Farm Bureau, etc.) to site turbines, and share the profits. Not to mention that plug in tractors seem like a damn good idea. And I'll give my consent to any government that does not deny a man a living wage-Billy Bragg
haha, bingo!
doubledamnplusgood- ~"When an inner situation is not made conscious, it appears outside as fate." Karl Jung~
Agriculture is so mechanized at this point, that a serious cut in gasoline supplies could make it impossible for farmers to plant and bring in their crops. We're talking about a situation in which their could be an absolute shortage of food where even with rationing there isn't enough to both maintain exports and feed the US population.
Electric tractors seem like a no brainer. You have no distribution network issues, because you don't have to worry about finding a station to plug in at. And while you're at it you can switch over rural households to electric heat so you can preserve natural gas production for use in making fertilizer. And I'll give my consent to any government that does not deny a man a living wage-Billy Bragg
Agriculture is so mechanized at this point, that a serious cut in gasoline supplies could make it impossible for farmers to plant and bring in their crops
Change that "could" to "absolutely would".
