Sweetwater Stories

Sweetwater, Texas
One of the many benefits of the Pickens Plan will be economic revitalization for many parts of rural America. Wind energy means good jobs in construction and maintenance, and a new source of income for landowners.

Here's the story of one small town that was saved by the arrival of a major wind project.

Learn more at PickensPlan.com

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Science & Technology

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• Sweetwater
• Texas
• TX
• wind
• power
• energy
• turbine
• windmill
• economy
• Pickens
• Plan

[samphibian]

Glad to see my Republican bretheren waking up to renewable energy.

[BankruptTerror]

Energy dependence on Persian Gulf countries is America's foremost National Security problem. We are financing our own demise by sending billions of dollars to the people who want to kill us. Radical madrassas that turn kids into homicidal zombies are financed by oil revenues. Radical mosques that preach hate, right here in America, are financed by oil revenues. The old slogan "Live Free or Die" might as well be replaced by "Energy Independence or Death". Support Pickens Plan! Bankrupt Terror!

[fireofenergy]

If an oil company put its resources into solar or wind, shale oil shouldn't have to be developed, since it is already twice as costly as easy oil... still, there's that pesky storage problem.

Go renewables!

[XLoveableHateX]

DAMN RIGHT I LEFT SHIT WATER AND I NEVER LOOKED BACK!!!! towns gays

[ttom00]

hey i see these wind mill every weekend on my way back into sweetwater from college...

[ttom00]

....the tail fin is so the can change directions with out some having to do part of the work.

[fakiir]

correction. VAWTs are much less efficient than HAWTs (the type in the video), you get more wattage per machine using the large prop type turbines, making them the ideal method for industrial scale wind energy. VAWTs have their uses though. my vision is to see at least 2 on the roof of every house in America (VAWTs are turbulence resistant, no need for massive towers.) imagine being able to offset all the lighting and small appliance electricity use in your home.

[plsanswerthequestion]

If you're going to use wind turbines then consider a more effective design (a vertical scroll cage, for instance) There's no need for a tail fin; they're more efficient. No one needs to climb a tower for maintenance; it's all on the ground.

[jimonater1]

i used to transport cows through here and up the hill there. i hate houston...or h-town

[kowboyfan1957]

It is so good to see my hometown have something that is cutting edge in the 21st century.

[bdh98a]

Very nice. I am new in Sweetwater, and it is fascinating to learn about this industry that is reinvigorating the economy.

[LukeYoYoRoberts]

I think one problem is that gas/oil companies are so big, and so heavily invested in the commodity they currently buy/sell - they are naturally going to oppose using alternative fuels of any kind, also because it would be cheaper, and people could even generate their own energy (like some people in my city do already).

I really hope people take notice and support this plan, and other plans like it. This is our future, people need to start investing in it.

Good luck T. Boone!