... an in-state manufacture threshold is a serious concern. The real long term money flows are in the sales of the electricity itself as a durable export base ... and the trick is to ensure that the ownership is, in fact, in-state, so that its not just the wages for maintenance workers that re-circulate in South Dakota.

Which is why I proposed the seed corn approach to establishing the wind farms.

I've been accused of being a Marxist, yet while Harpo's my favourite, it's Groucho I'm always quoting. Odd, that.