Wind-Generated Power: Why Midwest Wind Power Isn’t Blowing East
Jul 13th, 2009 | By David Fessler | Category: Featured, Oil Investment & Alternative EnergyIn the waning days of the Great Depression, FDR Signed the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 into law, heralding a new era of growth and prosperity for the nation’s heartland. While electricity was generally available in cities and towns, it was nearly unheard of on farms, ranches and other rural areas. The REA brought electric power to these sparsely populated Midwest farms and ranches. Today the shoe is on the other foot, so to speak.