I saw a piece on TV about all the wind-mill towers in Texas where there once was oil-pumps standing idle (can't remember the show)....
They talked to proponents and opponents of these wind towers...
My first impression was that the towers were giant, ugly and overly imposing. The second impression as I viewed them was that only a few (on the wind-farm) were turning. Most were sitting still while only a few turned slowly.
They were promoting that they had plenty of wind out there and, not only there, but all around the country... It's only windy sometimes where I live in Virginia. I wouldn't want one in my backyard. I'd rather instead have a couple oil wells pumping oil like that guy in Indiana has in his back yard. Much less imposing and it makes him money.