[The Great RJ]

Our local utility based in Minnesota was mandated by the Minnesota Legislature to move up to 20% of its generating capacity to wind. Now the landscape in southern and south western Minnesota is blighted by forests of windmills stretching in places from horizon to horizon. Many times I have driven by these windmills and seen not one of them turning. Obviously there have to be back up generators using fossil fuels to pick up the slack when the wind isn't blowing.

The building of these windmills has also been strangely removed from the usual environmental scrutiny that would keep projects of this size tied up for years least some endangered beast or fauna be disturbed. Windmills are well known to be bird blenders killing all manner of birds including endangered species like eagles and there are studies to suggest that the low frequency vibrations from these windmills is a hazard to human health. Any other construction that would be shown to cause such environmental damage would never be built.

[rktman]

Sadly this is the case in many locations. Too bad “we” don’t have the backing to file suit for blocking the “view shed” like they do when someone wants to build something they have complete contempt and disdain for. gangreen strikes again.