"The sky's gettin' better day by day," Reno noted, leaning forward and squinting out the window. "It ain't black an' green all the time, anyhow."

Yeah. Midgar used to be pretty disgusting.

"But I don't think it's sunny enough most of the time to actually run anything, yo. I was thinkin' maybe wind, instead. The desert out there goes on for-friggin'-ever, an' it gets plenty of wind."