My Economical Update

The headlining article in yesterday's AJC stated it boldly: Wind turbines considered for Georgia coast The article went on to tell how Georgia Tech researchers recently completed a study on wind energy off Tybee and Jekyll islands and that the Southern Co. will further study whether a wind farm could generate enough electricity to be financially feasible. They included a photo of what a future wind farm would look like from the beach...

This is Georgia Power's notion of how six or so wind turbines might look from the beach if located 6.8 miles offshore Tybee Island.

I think it is a GREAT idea. And I think every state with a shoreline should have wind farms to supply enough power to each and every household and business in their state. What is holding these type projects up? Politics? Money? Environmentalists? Democrats? Republicans? Tax payers? It is evident that this alternative makes sense compared to our current source of energy. Why does it seem like every GOOD thing gets sidelined by all these outside influences? Who cares if tourists can see them in the far, far distance from the beach? Gimme a break!

Last night, I cruised down to midtown for to watch an old friend of mine perform his one-man acoustical guitar act. I parked across the street from the venue in a very bustling business center built up around a Publix and an LA Fitness gym. Well, I had the honor of encountering two of these new little cars:

It is the new Smart Fortwo Pure and is for those "urbanites" that live in the city and want a seriously compact car at a low price and with great fuel economy. Their website boasts that THREE of these can fit into ONE standard parking space! They really look like toy cars... but, they are very real and very economical... only $11K-$14K and over 40 mpg on the gas-powered models. Of course, you could not haul anything with you in it.. maybe on top of it?
And besides, I really do not think Hubby and I could fit in it at the same time...