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Booklobbyist Casey Gum chimes in on the energy debate. Join the BookLobby: Energy policy page on Faceboook for more.

Dear Senator Hutchison,

I know we produce a lot of wind power in Texas, but I think that we should produce a LOT more.

As an employee of a defense contractor, I know that the US government spends an absolutely inconceivably huge amount of money on military hardware. As an avid viewer of the History and Military channels, I think this is really neat. Clearly, the engineers that conceive of, design and build our military aircraft deserve kudos for their intellectual prowess.

Now, imagine what would happen if they applied their extensive knowledge of aerodynamics to something less lethal, yet arguably more practical - wind power. Think about it! Instead of paying billions and billions to Boeing or McDonald Douglas to build aircraft, pay them to build windmills. Do you know how many windmills you could build with 100 billion dollars a year over ten or fifteen years?! Holy smokes, you could power every house in America! I am sure that I am oversimplifying things, but really, at the end of the day, I would venture that a majority of what we spend on defense ends up rusting away in a desert somewhere halfway across the planet, and that’s if it’s ever even delivered at all. I still want that money to go towards things that end up in a desert, but I want the things to produce power and I want the desert to be in West Texas.

Best regards,
Casey Gum