Ahh, how nice it is to finally be able to refer to this semester in past tense! Before I completely transition to Christmas break mode and get pumped up for our final playoff game against Montana tomorrow night (don't forget to Purple Out!!!), I wanted to post one final, graded blog entry about a particular presentation that interested me. One of my co-presenters on the environmental topic panel discussed Pickens Plan. While researching political advertising during the 2008 campaign as part of a project for my Media & Politics class, I saw several of the Pickens ads, but knew very little about the actual plan. The presentation today provided a detailed overview of the plan, and peaked my interest to do further research about it. From what I understand, the Pickens Plan is based on the idea that
the United States is the Saudi Arabia of wind power.
It advocates utilizing wind energy in order to reduce our dependence on foreign oil. I have not had time to examine this in depth, but for those who are also interested, you can read the plan
here. One question was brought up in class today whether the windmills' effect on birds has been addressed, so this could certainly become an issue for animal rights groups. If anyone out there has any information on this, I would be curious to learn more.
On that note, I am off to Starbucks to actually relax and drink coffee for pure enjoyment rather than for caffeine purposes. Have a wonderful evening and I hope to see you all "purpled out" tomorrow! Show your pride and support for JMU Football!!!!! :)
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