Well, it is one of the very real problems we are facing in terms of building it in America. We are in the process of constructing a wind energy in the United States. It's been remarkably successful over the course of the last 20 years. We've watched the price per kilowatt-hour produced by wind drop dramatically. At the same time, we are watching these wind turbine farms--you have them in California. We have them in the Pacific Northwest. They're in the Midwest. They're in Texas. They are providing revenue to rural America. Farmers and ranchers are being able to harvest the wind, literally.
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