Green power and gas prices.

A long weekend away from the internet (blame windstorms in Desert Hot Springs, hereafter known as Desperate Hot Springs, according to the gay desert mafia) has acquainted me with the growing phenomenon known as Blogger's Guilt.

As I drive to visit Lovely Girlfriend in said DHS, the windmills start sprouting out of the desert, marching in rows, tall and gangly, skeletal, bleached, like a waving field of crosses against the sunset. Phalanxes of windmills, benign or menacing, I can’t decide – proud green alternative to fossil fuels, or aliens straight out of a B movie?

MadLibs quiz: A) California’s windmills provide enough non-polluting energy to power [name of city]. B) Although we lead other states in renewable energy development, we lag behind countries like Germany and [name of nation], which leads the world in solar power. C) The U.S., of course, refuses to ratify the Kyoto Protocol, which aims to [increase/decrease?] global warming by reducing emissions of greenhouse gases. Many American states and cities, however, do participate in Kyoto-like emissions reduction programs. Including Los Angeles. Um, right.

Speaking of emissions, I was getting all excited about the falling price of gas, until Charming Girlfriend, ever the conspiracy theorist, reminded me of the nefarious relationship between lower gas prices and the upcoming midterm elections. D’oh!

(She’s so smart. And pretty.)

Answers:
A) San Francisco.
B) Japan. Japan! Who knew?
C) Made you look.