Electricity Created Without Pollution

Kent and I drove from British Columbia to Texas - and returned - a 4200 mile round trip. Our return route took us through Oklahoma and I was amazed to see all the wind generatorsproducing electrical power. Western Farmers Electric Cooperative (WFEC) near Anadarko, Oklahoma supplies wind generated electricity for 19 of Oklahoma’s rural electric cooperatives. The generators don’t look awfully tall from a distance, but as we neared we realized how truly majestic these 300 plus foot towers with huge blades really were and the amount of pollution free electricity they were creating.

Wind powered generators creating electric energy is a brilliant idea in my mind! There is absolutely no pollution as in the coal burning thermal electric generated plants we saw of West Texas and other areas. Nor is there the perceived threat of a leak from a nuclear generating station.

British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority produces millions of mega-watts of electricity from hydro power, created by dams which were constructed in the 1950’s and 1960’s. There is another dam project on the drawing boards for the Peace River, called Site C, which will greatly increase BC Hydro’s total power production.

I truly appreciate the fact we, in British Columbia use hydro generated electricity which creates no pollution.

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