These photos from Superamit's Flickr pool show some cool details of the massively gigantor windmills to be erected on Illinois' McLean Co. farmland--one of many wind power projects currently in construction across the country. McDanerson and Amit recently returned from a holiday in Bloomington, McLean County, Illinois...with a healthy earful about these controversial plans. From Obama and Durbin concerned about military interference, to gripes about preserving historical farming traditions, to a flurry of local concerns such as fluctuations in property value, this hometown has been torn between economic/ecological promise and any possible repercussions.
Wind power was, not too long ago, mostly a major interest topic tossed about on the design and tech blogosphere, with reports of interesting projects in places like Scandinavia or Canada. Apparently, it has quickly infiltrated the most common of our nation's households in a big way--especially in middle America to say the least!
thanks McDanerson & Amit!
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