| The problem with wind energy, the collective wisdom | | | | power." Sadler believes Texas is at a crucial |
| goes, is that you can't control when the wind is going | | | | crossroad right now when it comes to wind energy. |
| to blow. True, says Paul Sadler, the executive director | | | | Texas has ample wind resources, as well as |
| of the Wind Coalition, but the energy created by wind | | | | lawmakers willing to craft new energy policies in |
| power can be stored. And there lies the problem: how | | | | regard to harvesting the potential of wind energy. |
| can Texas store and transmit wind energy? | | | | Combine all this with the Obama administration's |
| According to Sadler in a recent Austin-American | | | | stimulus package with money designated for green |
| Statesman commentary, wind makes up 8 percent of | | | | technologies, and the road seems paved for the future |
| our energy capacity. "But because of a lack of | | | | of wind energy. |
| transmission lines, wind supplies only 4 percent of our | | | | |