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mr_lebowski

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11. We've had these discussions many times NNadir and I was only taking issue with one point ...

Reply to NNadir (Reply #10)

Sat Feb 6, 2021, 03:19 AM

Feb 2021

Which is that I don't know of people clamoring to tear up 'pristine wilderness' to build wind farms.

I know I wouldn't, not by my definition of 'pristine wilderness', which I consider to be largely gone already in this country.

If you want to say you mean the continental shelf and desert areas, okay ... not what I had in mind, but I see the argument.

Keep fighting the good fight brother

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