[DJ MacWoW]

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[Lou L]

I recently drove through one of northwest Indiana's "wind farms," and every single one of the turbine blades stood still. There must've been dozens and dozens of the windmills, none of them turning.

I know the wind wasn't blowing strong, but it was light. Is it common for these mills to not be turning?

What a waste.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Wind power is a complete disaster

"...Denmark, the world’s most wind-intensive nation, with more than 6,000 turbines generating 19% of its electricity, has yet to close a single fossil-fuel plant. It requires 50% more coal-generated electricity to cover wind power’s unpredictability, and pollution and carbon dioxide emissions have risen (by 36% in 2006 alone)..."

[faucetman]

Wind is a JOKE!

One of the largest environmental footprints

Requires equal amount of back up energy for when the wind don't blow.

Maintenance is a nightmare (300 to 400 ft up in the air)

Life span? They periodically need to be replaced (300 to 400 ft up in the air)

Kills birds

Noise pollution

They are UGLY. A blight on the landscape.

We don't need them. We have tremendous amounts of oil, natural gas, coal, and nuclear. Many new emerging technologies will make wind power irrelevant, but we will be stuck with graveyards of abandoned wind turbines.

Algae based bio fuel, (http://www.oilgae.com/)

E-Cat (Cold Fusion Energy Catalyzer ),(http://peswiki.com/index.php/Directory:Andrea_Rossi’s_Cold_Fusion_Energy_Catalyzer_(E-Cat):_Frequently_Asked_Questions)

Mini Nuclear Power Plants (http://www.physorg.com/news145561984.html)

to name just a few.

[ken21]

not to mention, it upsets liberals like ted kennedy

who don’t want to look at the ugly countenances upon their

private seas.

[Cyman]

It appears that the only federally funded blowing wind generator that performed up to snuff was Monica Lewinsky.

[Jim Noble]

It is of no importance whatsoever if "wind" is less costly than coal.

Coal is a nearly perfect energy source for modern civilization, "wind" is a joke.

Cost doesn't really come into it.