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Wind farms are a towering rural issue in Michigan
"Whoever you're talking to, they want you to be on their side of the issue. You've got one person, usually with a windmill on their property who's getting money for it, saying, 'Aren't they beautiful.' Then there's the other one, who doesn't have one, who feels they're ugly and has absolutely no use for it."
August 13, 2012
by Jim Lynch
in The Detroit News
Ludington- It's a conversation Randy Saxton tries to avoid at all costs because, frankly, it never leads anywhere good. It's hard to do that, however, because the subject - the massive wind turbines now towering over the area - is impossible to miss.
And everyone here has an opinion.
"Whoever you're talking to, they want you to be on their side of the issue," said Saxton, whose home south of Ludington is surrounded by turbines. "You've got one person, usually with a windmill on their property who's getting money for it, saying, 'Aren't they beautiful.' Then... [continue via Web link]
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