"When you get down around a house, or in and amongst a lot of trees, or around buildings, the wind resource is seriously compromised, " said Mick Sagrillo, founder of Sagrillo Power and Light, a renewable energy consultancy firm.

CNN: Stimulus may get small wind turbines spinning

About how many Christmas trees do you think that there are around the whole White House?

WHITEHOUSE: The White House

MRS. OBAMA: Around the entire White House we have 54 Christmas trees this year.

WHITEHOUSE: The White House

Imposing white gates and a grand corridor of palm trees lead to the tiled and whitewashed house that rambles over two wings set around cobbled courtyards with splashing fountains.

BBC: Ecuador��s high altitude haciendas