[okie01]

Here in Iowa on a windy day we have the equivalent wind power on grid of 5, 1gw nuke power plants.

Great! But you need those five 1 GW nukes for the days the wind isn't blowing. So, why not build the five 1 GW nukes, use them all the time, and save the expense of duplicating them with wind power?

[DungeonMaster]

No radioactive waste. No meltdowns. No earth quake disasters ruining vast areas of land.