LI's wind energy potential is too great to ignore
Photo credit: Handout | A wind turbine handmade at the Westhampton shop of Roy Rakobitsch. His wind turbine company powers its own operation entirely off the grid.
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The Future of Long Island: Energy
A 20-mile-long column of turbines marches across the horizon, from the Rockaways to Jones Beach. Windmills rise above farms and businesses throughout the East End. And across Long Island, rotors of all shapes and sizes spin over school yards and factories, landfills and ballfields, marinas and residential rooftops.
By 2040, renewable-energy experts say, businesses, municipalities, school districts...
