Woodfin Power Plant

Oh my God.
What are these people thinking?

The Buncombe county commission has leased land to Progress for $1 to start the process of building an OIL FIRED power plant in Woodfin.

But, since they know it will be opposed, they claim it will only be used 10% of the time and for "peak" shortages.

Asheville
DIR is wind direction, SPD is average wind speed MPH PGU is Peak Gust

...	JAN	FEB	MAR	APR	MAY	JUN	JUL	AUG	SEP	OCT	NOV	DEC	ANN
DIR	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW
SPD	10	10	9	9	7	6	6	6	6	7	8	9	8
PGU	55	54	64	51	44	52	60	43	37	58	49	49	64

Hmmm. Seems like the NNW winds we have here will blow all that smog right downtown. Wonder if they knew that when they leased the land?