It doesn't take a genius to figure out there are more cons than pros in this debate.

If present, politically-motivated, mandated, "renewable energy" policies are pursued, based on the failed formulas of the past 35 years, Americans will see further distortions of the markets for electrical power, increased costs to ratepayers and taxpayers, decreases in base capacity and grid reliability, diversion of scarce resources from research into promising energy production technology, and enrichment of powerful, corporate special-interests.

A single 555-megawatt gas-fired power plant in California generates more electricity in a year than do all 13,000 of the state's wind turbines. The gas-fired plant sits atop a mere 15 acres. The 300-foot-tall windmills impact over a hundred thousand acres to provide expensive, intermittent, insufficient energy

Consider this: We could be looking at 1,000 or more wind turbines taller than the Statue of Liberty on the high ridges of the Flint Hills, and they would contribute only about one-tenth of 1 percent of our current electricity use. That simply isn't worth the destruction of our unique Tallgrass Prairie land resource.

Dear Lisa, You were totally cool and razor sharp in the CBS News interview I saw a while back. Thank you for representing our side in such an elegant and intelligent way. I send these alerts to so many people. Thank you so much for making this available. Very best regards,

The subsidies for wind are a misuse of public money. The "benefits" from industrial wind are a fantasy and an escape from our energy problems. For me, believing that industrial wind will solve our energy problems is a little like believing the Tooth Fairy will pay my heating bills this winter.

The poll a "classic" tactic, designed to pressure commissioners...."It's unlikely FPL would have taken this step [to conduct a poll] had public opinion been running their way"

May God help you as there is no one else presently able to if you should let these turbines come to town.

Symbolism aside, Mt. Equinox may not be as impressive as Yosemite's El Capitan or the Grand Tetons, but something very real would be sacrificed on the questionable altar of renewable-energy-for-profit. Mt. Equinox and all of our mountains are not just a "back yard." They are a heritage and a legacy. And they are as good a place as any to make a stand.

...wind turns out to be a good way to save fuel, but not a good way to avoid building plants that burn coal. A wind machine is a bit like a bicycle that a commuter keeps in the garage for sunny days. It saves gasoline, but the commuter has to own a car anyway.

Wind energy is another one of those ideas that captures the media's attention and the hearts of some in the environmental movement. Yet, it is costly, inefficient, and not even able to put a dent in our long-term energy needs. Companies like Whole Foods may generate increased profits from their own embrace of wind power, but for the rest of us it's all nothing but hot air.

Renewables are not cheap. And wind is a flawed product in the sense that it is intermittent, and is available only 30% to 40% of the time.

I give the analogy of the employee who only shows up for work 2 and a half days a week and the employer never knows what days they will be, so he has to hire someone full time to do the work when the delinquent worker doesn't show up. He's paying for two when one would suffice.

Promoters of the wind energy craze, absentee landowners and a few locals hoping for a windfall are about to destroy the soul of the Flint Hills.

What they [wind turbines] are now is a parasite on the grid. When the windmill doesn't feel like turning, the grid has to pick up the slack

In green terms windmills are a mistake and economically make no sense. . . Many of us thought wind was the 100 per cent solution for the future but we were wrong. In fact, taking all energy needs into account it is only a 3 per cent solution.

Wind energy has again been shown up for what it is, an expensive way of saving a derisory amount of CO2. It is, frankly, a disgrace, that the wind turbine farce continues in the name of saving the planet. The [UK]Government should intervene immediately and stop these projects - they are a waste of our resources.

Perhaps our lack of inner peace is due to some extent to the effect of noise upon the nervous system of modern people. Scientific experiments show that noise in the place where we work, live, or sleep reduces efficiency to a noticeable degree. Contrary to popular belief, it is doubtful if we ever completely adjust our physical, mental, or nervous mechanisms to noise. No matter how familiar a repeated sound becomes, it never passes unheard by the subconscious. Automobile horns, the roar of airplanes, and other strident noises actually result in physical activity during sleep. Impulses transmitted to and through the nerves by these sounds cause muscular movements which detract from real rest. If the reaction is sufficiently severe, it partakes of the nature of shock.

If one tells the truth, one is sure, sooner or later to be found out

We are concerned that we are about to become collateral damage in a poorly conceived wind-farm project with questionable returns for the sake of symbolic politics.