If you drive to the Los Angeles area from Phoenix along Interstate 10, you will see a number of wind turbines as you near the city of Palm Springs. The hillsides to the north of the road are covered with these wind turbines.
California produces 5% of it's electricity using wind power. As of 2013, there were 5 places in California where wind turbines were producing electricity. This one is located on the eastern slope of San Gorgonio Pass in Riverside County. That pass is one of the windiest places in Southern California. I do enjoy seeing them when I start to head down the mountain and into the Coachella Valley.
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This is so good to see! I know there are many of these windmills in the hills near San Francisco. And we could use many more!
These are controversial in these here parts. Sometimes they become frozen in the winter months, but bird lovers hate them as they kill too many birds, like eagles!
Some people here claim that they give them headaches or other health problems although the scientists have been unable to verify this at all. I think they are a good idea.
There's another area in Tehachapi Pass, on the route to Bakersfield, with hundreds of them too.
We have them here too. I admit, I've found myself disoriented looking at them turn.
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