Blue Thoughts from a Red State: Where the Wind BlowsJesse Zerger Nathanbyline‚ Jul. 18‚ 2006Kansas is famous—or infamous, depending on one’s perspective—for several notables: Oz, which doesn’t exist; Toto, who died sixty years ago; a legendary flatness, geologically speaking, that rivals a pancake; and, of course, the wind, which is undeniably—sometimes annoyingly—real. While any reports of Western Kansas blowing away under the duress of straight-line winds whipping across the 211 miles of state are false, the power of the wind in Kansas is just waiting to be harnessed. And given the urgent need for environmental action around the globe to combat the ill effects of human-induced global warming, what better place to begin than on the prairies of the red-hearted center of the United States? |