Arguing for Locally Produced Electricity in Rural Communities
| Written by John Farrell | No Comments | Updated on Jun 30, 2011 The content that follows was originally published on the Institute for Local Self-Reliance website at http://www.ilsr.org/arguing-locally-produced-electricity-rural-communities/Rural areas aren’t just for energy export.
Dylan Kruse (Sustainable Northwest) at 2011 Rural Assembly from Center for Rural Strategies on Vimeo.
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The points in this great presentation are echoed in a recent Böll Foundation report called Harvesting Clean Energy on Ontario Farms, which notes that some farmers in northern Germany make $2.5 million in a good year growing wheat. They make $15 million harvesting the wind.