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Ethan strode around the corner "Aht on time," Charity told him

Ethan was tall, with dark hair and eyes, and very nice looking Not up there with Josh, but few mortals were

Nevada introduced them, then went back to her coave Charity a thu for you," she said "So this is a fa for her to lead the way out of the office "My brother handles the sales end of things I oversee ineer I tell her she’s not all that, just because she’s in on the technical end of things, but she doesn’t believeit would have been great to have a brother or sister And a whole lot less lonely when she’d been growing up

"Soood We’re a close family"

"Everyone still in Fool’s Gold?"

"One of irls are here" He pointed to one of the big warehouses "That’s where we store the co We have a whole lot more demand than we can fill Wind turbines are popular"

"That’s what I hear," Charity told hi around andall the business owners in the area" She was also interested in his relationship with Josh, but doubted she would figure out a way to bring that up

"What do you know about wind turbines?"

She thought for a second "They’re really tall?"

He grinned "Good start Coive you a quick course in e do here"

The sales office was another building Inside there was awind turbines, pictures of different kinds of wind turbines, cutaways of the machinery and several blank TV screens

"I won’t show you the entire DVD collection Not until you have a fewof buying a house"

"Maybe when the budget’s not so tight?"

She laughed "You’ll be first on my list"

He pointed to the models of turbines "This is e build They coawatts of power Assu about enough electricity generated to power fifteen hundred households a year"

"You’re kidding? From one of those? We all should have one in our yard"

"Don’t get too excited, that’s under extremely optimal conditions Reality is a little less easy to calculate The wind doesn’t always blow, and the turbines are fairly loud"

He hit a switch and one of the TV screens caly isolated patch of desert scrub The background noise increased until it was uncomfortably loud

"That’s close to what they’re like at fifty feet"

Charity wanted to cover her ears "Okay, maybe not in the front yard"

He hit another button and the picture shifted to a large display of wind turbines

"There are other considerations," he said "So called Wind Power Density to determine the best placement for the turbines There are also problems with delivery The towers are usually between two and three hundred feet tall The blades are between sixty-five and a hundred and thirty feet long"

She tried to picture that, but couldn’t Ethan must have been used to those unfamiliar with his industry He i of a blade next to a six footabout a hundred and sixty miles an hour It alins So ant a relatively isolated location that we can deliver to and provide service to Not too close to the community but not too far away Lots of wind, but not so et clipped by the blades and die"

"We actually have a bigger problem with bats"

She blinked "Bats, as in bats? Don’t they have sonar that allows the in the sky?"

"Yes, but the spinning blades create a change in pressure" He paused "You don’t want to know Let’s just say turbines can have a negative ie that, we recohts"

"A coest concerns are during late surate"

She had the weird feeling there was sorate?"

He nodded

"I could have gonethat"

"They don’t want to hang with you anywith them"

"Uh-huh That sounds nice, but I don’t actually believe that I think bats get a good laugh out of ht about it, but you could be right"

He showed her part of a DVD and a few more pictures, then handed her a map of the area

"Here’s the closest wind far to the map "You can take a drive out there if you want to see them in person The area is fenced off, but you can drive up close enough to get an idea of the size and the noise" He grinned "Go during the day and you’ll avoid the bats"

"Note to self," she said, taking the paper "Thanks I appreciate all the info"

They started back toward thes everyone’s name"

"That will take a while I’ve seen you and Josh Golden together a few times"

His voice was casual, but she had an idea that the stateether," she said quickly "He showedon the hed "Women aren’t usually so quick to separate themselves from any association with him"