Don Stauffer wrote in news:Uf7zf.6$ snipped-for-privacy@news.uswest.net:
Steve W. wrote:
>>
>> NEVER going to happen. Ask the folks in Mass what happened when they
>> wanted to install windpower out in the bay. Teddy Kennedy and his
>> friends stood up and shouted NO. Same thing happens all over the
>> country. Falls into the NIMBA category. I live less than 25 miles from a
>> wind farm now and there are folks who bitch about it every day. The best
>> ones are folks who are moving into the area and start complaining about
>> it. There is also a planned farm just about 2 miles away that I am in
>> support of, BUT again there are a bunch who are totally against it. Some
>> of those don't even live in the area or own land here. BUT they get a >> LOT of press.
>>
>> Much better long term is MODERN design nuke power. Yes I said NUKE. No
>> emissions and very safe and stable regardless of the HYPE the anti nuke
>> folks cry. Oh and before folks bring them up - Chernobyl CANNOT happen
>> with modern designs, and only happened there because of the poor design
>> of the plant and even after all is said and done there were still fewer
>> deaths than on 9/11. And Three Mile island? NO deaths, NO radiation
>> leak, and in reality no real danger.
>>
>>
>
> Drive through northern Iowa or southwestern Minnesota. Farm land is
> being used for very large wind turbine farms, and the land can continue
> to be farmed. We are generating large amounts of wind power out here. >
> Now, I don't have any quarrel with nuclear power- I think it is a good
> answer, but there ARE regions of the country where people are okay with
> wind power. In those regions that are not, when they find themselves
> paying far more for energy than regions that use wind power, their
> attitudes may change.
>
Environmentalists are now against windpower;it kills birds.