Whatever happened to the left's favorite wind turbine?
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Gov. Bill Ritter and Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper love a good media opportunity, so in honor of Earth Day the pair announced a $100,000 donation from the Democratic National Convention’s 2008 Host Committee for carbon-offset projects.
Curiously, there was no mention of the Wray wind turbine, which was tapped for the DNC’s carbon-offset program last August but didn’t generate any electricity.
By Andrew Ripemoff
I finally figured out how to get rich. I’m going to make my own late night TV infomercial. I’ve got the script and everything:
Attention, Attention, Attention! We have a truckload of carbon credits that must be sold NOW! Everything must go. Everything!
The eastern Colorado wind turbine tapped for the Democratic National Convention's carbon-offset program has one problem: It doesn't generate any electricity. Convention organizers are now being questioned for their eagerness to market those credits to delegates.
