Check out Hawaii's efforts to develop extensive wind-power farms, and note the project's social and economic implications:
http://www.npr.org/2011/02/01/133384379/hawaiis-big-wind-power-project-stirs-up-fans-foes
Do you think that Hawaii's goals to develop windmills are economically sustainable in the long-term? What is the likelihood that their efforts towards energy efficiency will affect the attitudes of other state governments?
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