"We must some-
how take a wider
view, look at the
whole landscape,
really see it, and
describe what's
going on there."
--Annie Dillard
- Only 3% of the Tallgrass Prairie in North America remains
- Developers want to construct 1,000 wind turbines taller than the Statue of Liberty on the high ridges of the Flint Hills
- Huge machines-little benefit: 1000 turbines would only contribute 1/10 of 1% of our current energy production
- Little power benefit to the citizens of the Flint Hills
-
Clearly visible day and night for miles in each direction
Wind companies
want to build hundreds of industrial turbines on the last
Tallgrass Prairie in North America
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Proven economic and environmental consequences
