It's like asking a new car salesman if buying a new car is a good idea. The fact that 40 percent of all generated power goes to waste wasn't mentioned. There was no interview with Dairyland Power, or Xcel Power, or People's. There was no price comparison with east coast or west coast power electricity prices. There was no copy of the Minnesota Department of Commerce wind maps showing the minimal wind resource in southeast Minnesota.

If you would let the wind turbine stand alone for a power source, it would fail miserably. No tax credits; inconsistent power supply. There was no mention of the "summer doldrums" when hot air is not as dense and turbine production is down 60 percent. Also there was little mention of "down time" and high maintenance turbines.

Next time the paper does a story like this, give both sides -- that's your job.

The truth is we are fortunate to have lots of power at our doorsteps at a reasonable cost.

The "going green" statement are becoming boring and redundant. Those of us in rural agriculture production have been "going green" for more than 100 years; the press just keeps changing the term.

If wind were such a great idea here, why didn't the power companies build wind turbines years ago? The turbine I built five years ago is for sale. The reason: not enough wind!