Wind Turbines Are Beautiful

From another popular news site: “Paris – Wind is the fastest growing renewable energy in Europe – making up a third of new energy here, with 20 turbines added every working day in 2008, according to EU statistics. What the European wind energy industry now wants is to expand – offshore. Ocean winds are a stronger and more predictable form of energy than the ones on land, and the industry is pushing a $57 billion investment to allow broad-winged turbines to spin at sea. Offshore turbines are also seen as a solution to complaints from Europeans who do not want the gargantuan turbines in their backyards. Complaints that the turbines ruin ocean views have slowed US efforts to get a project started off the coast of Massachusetts. The US has virtually no offshore wind energy, though the Obama administration has started to work on the issue.” My own opinion is that turbines actually decorate the ocean. I think they look cool coming out of the water. Just be careful that you don’t smack your boat against one of the pylons.

Environmental Me

I'm not a green person - not even close. I waste water, electricity, gasoline, and natural gas. I don't recyle. I litter the streets with gum wrappers. I don't care about endangered species. I never discuss the environment with anyone. However, there is this company called National Wind, LLC (don't laugh, it's true), that generates power using huge windmills. I think this may be the answer to the energy shortage and our dangerous dependence on foreign oil. I just wish they had come up with a more serious-sounding name. That's not a wind farm to the left - but it could be.