a:3:{s:16:"field_story_body";a:1:{i:0;a:2:{s:5:"value";s:1081:"<span style="font-size: larger;">To hear the &ldquo;Green Energy&rdquo; advocates you would think that wind and solar power are the best thing since sliced bread.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: larger;">However, truth be known, they are becoming just another waste of tax dollars at both the state and federal levels.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: larger;">With 54 congressmen urging the House Ways and Means Committee to allow the most anti-competitive and economically harmful tax provisions, specifically the wind energy production tax credit (PTC), to expire there may be some hope of bringing some sanity to the federal energy policy.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: larger;">&nbsp;&nbsp; For an article on moves within congress to roll back the ever increasing federal subsidies go online at:</span><br />
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<a href="http://www.thenewamerican.com/tech/energy/item/18932-away-with-wind-subsidies"><span style="font-size: larger;">http://www.thenewamerican.com/tech/energy/item/18932-away-with-wind-subsidies</span></a><br />";s:6:"format";s:1:"2";}}s:17:"field_story_image";a:1:{i:0;a:10:{s:3:"fid";s:4:"4340";s:4:"list";s:1:"1";s:4:"data";a:3:{s:11:"description";s:0:"";s:3:"alt";s:0:"";s:5:"title";s:0:"";}s:3:"uid";s:1:"1";s:8:"filename";s:11:"windsub.jpg";s:8:"filepath";s:38:"sites/default/files/images/windsub.jpg";s:8:"filemime";s:10:"image/jpeg";s:8:"filesize";s:5:"53634";s:6:"status";s:1:"1";s:9:"timestamp";s:10:"1408364495";}}s:12:"field_weight";a:1:{i:0;a:1:{s:5:"value";s:2:"19";}}}