25.1 Introduction
The decade of the 1970s transformed the environmental and
energy landscape of America, building the foundation for the modern
emergence of wind power in the United States. As college graduate
students in environmental/natural resources and economic
studies Susan Kopka and Steve Smiley were transformed by the
events of these times—particularly the environmental and energy
crises. We experienced the immediate doubling of gasoline petrol
stations—with projections of worse to come. The popular books
of the time were The Limits