[Governor Dinwiddie]

I wonder if the windmill advocates ever saw an open pit copper mine? I imagine each windmill uses at least 10 miles of copper wiring in the generator coils. Where do they think that copper comes from? It comes from open pit mines in remote areas that no one ever visits. These mines can leach toxic chemicals into the streams. And the refining process is also a dirty job.

There are no free lunches. Just as much pollution is created in mining and refining the minerals used in the fabrication of windmills, as in conventional ways of generating electric power.
 

[SKI NOW]

I imagine each windmill uses at least 10 miles of copper wiring in the generator coils.

Might as well use the copper coils in those generators in the most cost effective way. Nuclear reactors.