Wind-Cooked

Unlike in Europe, our gov't does not give tax incentives or subsidies to those who use clean, cheap energy alternatives. Fortunately, between 1980 and 2003, the cost of producing one kilowatt of electricity from wind power plummeted from 25 cents to 4.5 cents. With natural gas prices on the rise it didn't take long for my friend Karen to switch over. Might it be time for us to do the same? A blog (11.26) I wrote about Greenhouse Gases pushes me to rethink the effects of nuclear and fossil fuels on the environment. A wind farm is planned for the side of the Gore Mountain ski area, a place once mined for Garnet. The 400-foot turbines will not be the eyesoar that you might think. All that exists there now are dead trees and a gravel pit. It's time we harness the Adirondacks to help defeat acid rain and other man-made pollutes from killing it. Then maybe, we too can have restaurants cooking with wind-powered grills. For all you conscientious traveling consumers, watch for these first 3 precedent-setting food chains in Oregon, Washington and Philadelphia: Burgerville, Austingrill, and WhiteDog .