Green is The Word, Act XIII

Good Friday!

Tis the season to go skiing and Green Acres is the
place to ski!

According to the National Ski Areas Association, 61
resorts in 18 states are purchasing renewable energy
to offset their energy consumption, and 28 of those
are offsetting 100 percent- keeping 427 million pounds
of CO2 out of the atmosphere.

California's Mammoth Mountain is the first U.S. resort
to experiment with geothermal heating and this season,
Jiminy Peak, in Hancock, Mass. became the first ski
resort to install a 253-foot wind turbine and begin
creating its own electricity. Vail Resorts has
purchased wind power to offset 100 percent of the
electricity use at all five of its resorts.

Leading the charge, however, is Aspen Skiing Company,
which oversees Aspen Mountain, Aspen Highlands,
Snowmass and Buttermilk. In addition to being the
first resort to be 100 percent wind-powered, ASC also
uses solar and hydroelectric power, and the snowcats
at all four mountains are run exclusively on
biodiesel.
An excellent example of diversity!

For those skiers and snowboarders in the Bay Area, the
resort that tops the High Priest's recommendation is
the one closest to his heart and beliefs.......
Heavenly, of course...at Lake Tahoe!

http://www.skiheavenly.com/mountain/environment/

Nobody gets, too much heaven no more....

Curtis
High Priest of Green