Well, I guess if it works, and is in the middle of the desert or some other unpopulated area, it isn't so nutty... Is there any record of these turbines not working or falling off their pole in heavy winds?
Yep, they fall off, and its frequently cheaper to build a new one than repair the old one. Lots of them are in disrepair and abandoned. A manmade eyesore for 30 miles, where even a dirt road stands out in the vista. BTW, those photos above now have a population within about a 10 mile radius of about 300,000 permanent residents and another 100,000 annual tourist surge in the winter.
Check out the windmill carnage here (toppled windmills and bird carcasses)
Horrors of wind power
http://www.matsuvalleynews.com/wind1.html
Wind farm 'hits eagle numbers'
http://newsvote.bbc.co.uk/mpapps/pagetools/print/news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/5108666.stm
Wind farm turbine blades are killing a key population of Europe's largest bird of prey, UK wildlife campaigners warn.
Wind turbines taking toll on birds of prey
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2005-01-04-windmills-usat_x.htm
Group's lawsuit over bird deaths gets green light
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1346697/posts
Nuclear vs. Wind, Part I
http://neinuclearnotes.blogspot.com/2006/03/nuclear-vs-wind-part-i.html
Wind Farms Provide Negligible Useful Electricity - White Paper
http://ff.org/centers/csspp/pdf/20060331_wind.pdf
SUMMARY: wind farms for power generation can only provide negligible electricity to grid supply systems, make no significant reduction in pollution, cause significant environmental damage, increase the costs of electricity and create risks of power failures
Only reason these poodle power devices are being erected is stupid politicians succumbing to greenie pressure and an ill informed electorate. Windmills are feel good devices that will topple in hurricanes, require baseload (fossil and nuclear backups) and visually pollute large sections of beautiful landscape due to their low energy density per sq mile compared to fossil and nuke.