Have you been down HWY 84, towards Snyder? Man them windtowers are all over the place, along HWY 84.

There are also some new ones west of Dickens on top of the caprock.

No wonder why I always liked Texas so much and always wanted to live there.

Well, that's ONE part/district of Texas that can "write off" any chance at a TOURISM industry! :hellno:

Not that Texas has ALL that much to look at anyway.... but, ANY part of the country that can claim MORE windmills than even just Palm Springs and Tehachapi combined, can kiss their tourism industry goodbye forever!

I understand the need for "green" energy sources in America, but I just don't understand why the NIMBY forces haven't coalesced against this BLIGHT on our precious landscapes!

I wish I could "photoshop" so I could prove my point. Put a "stand" of these monsters in front of Mt. Rushmore or throughout the Grand Canyon and perhaps you'll see what bothers me!

What? The wind doesn't blow on remote BLM lands? :roll:

I think the 19th district goes from Abilene through Big Springs to Lubbock. I've done some jobs out past Snyder towards Mary Neal and they are all over there, too!

LOL! If you've been through those parts, you would know how right you are! However, they are not much to look at! Most of the wind towers are on the huge spreads of ranch lands or large estate tracts which are not developed. But the landowners could use the extra income from the leases.

according to some groups in california, that is the day THE WHITE EUROPEAN INVADERS STOLE TEXAS FROM MEXICO. :rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl:

And Mexico stole it from Spain. Spain stole it from the Indians. The Indians stole it from the Indians that were there before, and so on.........

I don't think it is silly at all. Very few people seem to know how Tennessee became known as the "Volunteer State." Tennesseans have a reputation of volunteering to fight for a just cause. There have been many wars that they have fought over the years.


I think of Texas daily. I married a 7th generation Texan. No matter where we live she is and shall ALWAYS be from Texas. :D

haha. That's cool, GMAN.

If anyone asks her where she is from she always says Texas. Keep in mind that we have been married for 29 years this month and lived in the Volunteer during most of that time, but she is still from Texas. :lol:

We thought about moving back to Texas but she doesn't think she can take the heat and humidity in Houston any more. If we did move back then we would probably move somewhere around the Metroplex. But then I would need to deal with all that traffic. I have a couple of sisters who live up there and it would be great to be able to visit more frequently. What I need to do is buy some land in Johnson County and find a good gas pocket. :thumbsup: