this is why there was a major popular movement against wind power in germany not long ago: they didn’t want their countryside ruined.

obviously, we have more space than germany and can tolerate more giant constructions on it. you’d need to put up a lot of wind turbines before south dakota filled up.

so there’s room for wind power, but i don’t want them dotting all of the magnificent wildlands we have, whether on the plains, desert, or in the mountains.

but i imagine you don’t want them everywhere, either. some people speak of them as if they did want them in all places, though.

http://www.physorg.com/news145561984.html

Underground nuclear power plants no bigger than a hot tub may soon provide electricity for communities around the world. Measuring about 1.5 meters across, the mini reactors can each power about 20,000 homes.

How do you know? If windmills were cost effective, we would already have them everywhere, now wouldn’t we? And T Boone would be much wealthier than he is because of it.

Like with the cause of the housing meltdown, we know it is a Democrat scandal, Democrats who caused it, because if it were Republicans all we would be hearing on the news is the gory details of the Republican scandal.

Some things are simple, if you just think about it.

Windmills are for pumping water in remote locations, but for electricity, build nuclear power generation plants.

Last month, the chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, James Oberstar (D., Minn.), asked the Coast Guard to wait 60 days before making a final recommendation to the U.S. Interior Department’s Minerals Management Service on how to handle potential safety issues associated with the wind farm. …

The wind farm’s supporters have accused him of attempting to derail the project at the eleventh hour, and some have suggested he is acting at the behest of Sen. Edward M. Kennedy (D., Mass.). Sen. Kennedy, whose family compound is in Hyannis Port, Mass., has long opposed the project.

A spokeswoman for Rep. Oberstar said his request to the Coast Guard reflects his desire for “a fair and open process” transparent to the public, not any effort to help Sen. Kennedy.

A spokeswoman for Sen. Kennedy said the senator’s aides have spoken to Rep. Oberstar’s staff about Cape Wind, but neither the senator nor his aides asked Rep. Oberstar to weigh in with the Coast Guard in this instance. She added that the senator’s objections to the project are “based on safety, environmental, fishing, economic and public interest issues” — not the project’s potential impact on the view from his home.

Yeah. Whatever. But I’m fairly sure that when the guy that contrls the Coast Guard’s budget comes asking questions, they’ll be able to find something to object to.