Organizing for America | Missouri for Obama: Missouri Enegry Independence Tour: Faith in Wind

Missouri Enegry Independence Tour: Faith in Wind

By John Schueler - Sep 24th, 2008 at 3:00 pm EDT

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After visiting a windfarm in Rock Port, Missouri, Dan Kammen went along with the Missouri Energy Independence Tour to the town of Conception. He was met there by Ken Hendree, an employee of the Wind Capital Group who was eager to show off one of his favorite projects: The Conception Abbey.

The Abbey itself is a beautiful structure that stands out atop the northwestern Missouri landscape. Late last year, the Capital Wind Group completed the construction of a small wind farm in the area surrounding the Abbey. He gestured at the turbines in the background and explained how this had provided not only a wellspring of jobs and interest in the area, but also has become a new source of tax revenue for the area. Those taxes have gone towards improving schools and infrastructure in the surrounding community.

As Ken continued to outline the benefits to the community, one of the monks came out to greet the group. After some brief introductions he joined the discussion and extolled the values of this environmentally friendly form of energy. The members of the Abbey had blessed the wind farm earlier in the year, and according to the friar, they've really taken to it. "I haven't heard any complaints. Everyone loves it."

Stay tuned throughout the coming days for more updates from the Missouri Energy Independence Tour.

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