I'm not entirely sure why this surprises you. In President Bush's (I believe) 2006 State of the Union he pushed for more alternative energy production (including wind, nuclear, and solar). I personally disagree with his foreign policy, but towards the end of his presidency, he was pushing alternative energy. Taking that one step further, Texas (of all states) has installed the most capacity for wind production. I realize that both parties are trying to polarize the views of the other, but this shouldn't be surprising to anyone.

How about this... I work on Cell phones. CDMA phones CAN go between about -70 dBm and 30 dBm (the spec limits it to 30 dBm), but most are limited to around 24-25 dBm. GSM (since it's bursted) can go upwards of 35 dBm. The conversion is mW = log(-1) (dbm/10), so the CDMA limit is 1W, but it generally never reaches that high, closer to .25-.3W. GSM can go up to 2+ watts, but it's only on 1/7 of the time.