p.s. You'd love our mountains! They're BIG!!!

Small wind power, eh? Sounds like something to look into. One thing we have here in Nevada, besides the geothermal I've blogged about, is an over abundance of wind and not just the hot air from Carson City. In Carlin Canyon on the Humboldt all the trees and bushes grow facing upstream because of the constant winds blowing from west to east. How robust are these generators ie: what wind speeds will eventually blow them to pieces? (I've clocked 95 mph in the canyon with a storm blowing in)