Quotes
Mark and Kate Harris of Mars Hill, Maine
May God help you as there is no one else presently able to if you should let these turbines come to town.
Mark Walsh
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.
Matthew L. Wald
...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.
Michael D. Shaw
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.
Michael O'Sullivan, senior VP of development FPL Energy
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.
Michael Stubbs
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.
Michael Stubbs
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.