Salt Lake County Purchases Wind Power

I am happy to read in today’s Salt Lake Tribune that Salt Lake County is becoming more green with its purchasing practices, something that is part of my campaign platform

In S.L. County pushes green energy habits –
Blue Sky: Officials have purchased a significant amount of wind power:

Salt Lake County’s mayor long has sought to green up the county. He has pushed everything from xeriscaping to hybrid cars to energy-efficient light bulbs.
Now, armed with a pool of progressive employees, Corroon has persuaded Utah’s most-populous county to purchase a substantial bloc of wind power. After setting a summerlong environmental challenge – 120 county employees agreed to buy the alternative-energy source for their homes – the county has secured enough Blue Sky wind power to equal the effect of planting 230,000 trees a year.

I am enthusiastic over a government’s officials advocating for energy-saving. Now if we can just get to the point where bicycles are provided for all those county employees so they don’t have to drive those cars……