[Iconoclast2]

Saying that windpower is a boon to the US economy is like saying that riding a limo instead of a bus every morning to work is a boon to your own economy. It's that simple. Really.

[biblewonk]

No it isn't. It is perfectly competitive with other forms of power with a ptc of only 1.8 cents per kwhr but what you don't see is the monthly improvement in cost effectiveness of more modern turbines, the advantages over clean energy, the reduction in demand on other fuels which lowers their cost, and the amount that other energies are subsidized.

[Steve_Seattle]

I've always wondered why - for environmentalists - the sight of ten oil drilling rigs is a blight on the environment, but 4,000 wind-powered generators scattered accross the plains would be just fine.