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...Speakers wrestled with the freshet of platitudes, insisting that this time they were true. Former NBC anchorman Tom Brokaw, who covered Ford as a member of the White House press corps, admitted, "We went to Vail at Christmas and Palm Springs at Easter - with our families." He concluded, "Farewell, Mr. President. Thank you, citizen Ford...
...seven counties, Gilpin has a state park, portions of two national forests, and no supermarkets; Grand County is the western portal to the state's most primo real estate, Rocky Mountain National Park; and Summit has three ski areas: Breckenridge, Copper Mountain and Keystone. Eagle County (where Vail is located) has 19,316 registered voters and 44,421 registered vehicles, an average of 2 1/2 vehicles per voter...
...different energy providers throughout the country. Making a single megawatt-hour of electricity from wind, however, is more expensive than one from fossil fuel. So wind farmers sell credits, which are priced to cover the difference in cost and allow them to stay in business. By purchasing these credits, Vail is only ensuring that at least the amount of energy it uses from the national grid is eventually replenished with wind power...
...This gesture doesn't come cheap. Essentially Vail is paying for two separate energy bills. "There's not a cost savings for them," says Renewable Choice CEO Quayle Hodek. "It's an additional cost - kind of like paying more for an organic apple." But, he reminds, "it's not double. They're just paying the difference." Vail won't disclose the added cost to their energy bill, but to put it in perspective, an average household would have to pay roughly $15 extra per month to replace their energy consumption with wind. For a company that operates resorts in Colorado...
...offset their extra expense, Vail has chosen the peculiar strategy of giving away a free lift ticket to homeowners who offset their own energy use via Renewable Choice (Whole Foods' strategy is to offer gift cards). This additional cost is made in the hopes that skiers, who arguably have an interest in preserving the environment, will be encouraged to choose Vail's resorts over its competitors. "We're hoping our guests sign up and have heavy participation in our program," says Vail CEO Rob Katz, "and then think, ?maybe I'll ski an extra day, maybe an extra two days...