Wind Power Sucks!

As an advocate of “green” technologies,  I didn’t realize that some people see wind technology the other way.  Most of us only see the benefits of such “green” power and how it enables humanity to cut down its carbon footprint,  however we really haven’t seen and heard much of what other people think about such technology specially from those people who are “affected” by these huge wind turbines.

I was browsing CNN.com and found this story about John Yancey and the wind turbines on their family’s farmland.    Yancey lives with his wife and children on the Tug Hill plateau, half a mile from the old  farmhouse in which he and his seven siblings were raised.

John Yancey’s dad  Ed Yancey signed a contract with the power companies to erect several wind turbines on their land at a lease price of at least $6,600 per annum.

“It’s better than a nuclear plant,” he says. “And it brings in good money.”

Ben Byer, a 75-year-old retired dairy farmer, feels the same way.

“It sure beats milking cows,” he says of the seven turbines on his land.

However, the young Yancey  hates the sight and  hates the sound.   According to him, “he can’t stand the gigantic flickering shadows the blades cast at certain points in the day”.

I don’t know about you but for $6,600 per wind turbine annually, I could just “sound proof” my house and live off the “passive income”.   Five of those would bring me an easy $33,000 a year.   Not bad for something that didn’t cost me anything.

How about you?  Should you have a farmland and a power company offered you $6,600 annual for each wind turbine they erect on your farmland,  would you take it?

[via cnn.com]