We’re fighting windmills in my county. Unbelievable how they tear communities apart.
I've no experience with wind power, other than seeing the wind farms spread across the landscape in Teexas, Oklahoma and Kansas. <
My sister, however, a confirmed liberal, has argued in favor of wind (and solar) power, so that we can do away with that nasty coal, petroleum and nuclear power. She is, of course, totally unfamiliar with the economics and feasibility of her chosen direction.
Well, now, a windfarm has been proposed for her county. Within her view. And her hearing, no less. Suudenly, her favorite energy sources have become ugly, noisy and intrusive. She has joined a group of citizens (all liberals, apparently) who are campaigning vehemently against licensing the windfarm.
Greeny. But NIMBY.
Several of the opponents that organized against Industrial Wind Turbines here are die-hard liberals. We have doctors, lawyers, teachers, librarians, businessmen, and everyday people realizing that their home will be worth 20-50% less the minute these farms are built.
The difference between here and other windfarms, is that they are putting them within 1250 feet of peoples houses.
If they succeed, our community will be the highest concentration of turbines amongst the highest populated of any county in the Country.
They already managed to get 100 of them in before everyone realized just how obnoxiously huge and noisy they are.
And this is some of the best farmland in the Country. Over $10,000/acre and no need for irrigation.
This house is about 10 miles from me. They can be seen from more than 15 miles.
NIMBY now means...
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