Letter to the Editor: After power outages, are solar and wind the right answer?
This Feb. 18, 2022 photo shows land-based windmills in Atlantic City N.J. (Wayne Parry)/AP file)
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“What ruins the appearance of the countryside more than a field of solar energy panels or a bunch of windmills sticking up all over the countryside, unless, of course, you are financially gaining by their use?” writes Lee Todd.
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