[LibertarianLiz]

So the windmills were never really powered by wind but require tax dollars to make them turn.

Isn't that the story of the "green energy" movement everywhere? Windmills that intermittently produce some energy at a great deal higher cost than other energy sources; "green" cars, solar.

[cripplecreek]

Proposal 3 in Michigan will put a 25% renewable (primarily wind) in the state constitution. Even the supporters seem to admit that it won't be possible but they want it in the constitution anyway.

Proposal 3 would require that the state add as many as 13 times more wind turbines in Michigan than currently operate. Proposal 3 would mandate that 25 percent of Michigan’s energy come from renewable sources. Wind is expected to be the primary supplier of renewable energy if the proposal passes.

Advocates and experts predict 2,300 to 3,790 nearly 500-feet high wind turbines would have to be added to meet the 25-percent mandate. Michigan currently has 292 wind turbines in operation.



Most of Michigan is 'Poor' or 'Marginal' For Wind Energy

One little problem with their cute little map is the fact that they didn't bother to exclude all the state and federally reserved wilderness areas. They don't exclude areas of heavy shipping and they don't account for the steady lawsuits they will face as they try to erect their monuments to stupidity off shore from landowners.

If they really cared about green energy they would repower thousands of small dams across the country that will produce power consistently 365 days per year.