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The perils associated with them, including, but not limited to: the total extinction of all bird species, disruption of caribou migration routes, fatal tinnitus, hypnotically-induced mass murders, completely altered weather patterns, loss of habitat for the endangered Feinglobin's pink darter, famine due to loss of crop land, and, perhaps most importantly, a cut in the demand for fossil fuels, have all been well-documented here and in other places. They need not be reiterated at this time. What I am wondering is: does anyone here have some on their property?

Nope not yet.

There was talk several years ago.

About 30 miles north they put up a bunch and the pigs don't seem to care that they are there.

But it would be nice to get them monthly checks.

John, the wind generators are all around us, the money would come in handy, I don't want the farm chopped up, and don't want to farm around one. Unless we fenced around them, I don't see how we could run cows out in winter.

The cows won't hurt them none.

There is a stand up around Macado TX.and they raise cotton and plant wheat in winter,run cows till they need to come off.

It is dryland farming.

The cattle, and the windmills would go well together. The people that keep tabs would not like gates.

Out here they get used to them pretty quick.

Course, I've not been asked.

I think they’re a fuggin blight on the landscape. Here they seem to want to locate them along the shores of the Great Lakes.

Why wouldn’t they put them in the cities where they can use the power? Plus, cities structurally generate wind.

Makes you wonder if there isn’t something to the claims about them if they don’t want them in populated areas.

You really can't figure out why is not the practice to locate utility scale wind turbines in dense urban areas?

The thing about all real-estate, the are not making any more of it.

Everything above the ground comes out of the ground.

Two mechanics trapped. Final hug.

The blades shed ice after periods of inactivity and appropriate weather conditions for ice build up. Turbines only run under a range of ideal conditions—conditions for which the installation was designed. They shut down when conditions either fail to meet minimums or exceed maximums and are restarted again when within design parameters.

I used to acquire the leases for them. The cattle won’t hurt them, the wildlife adjusts rather quickly after construction is finished. The land out of production averages less than an acre per turbine.

They used to be a pretty easy lease to acquire but as more were built peoples tolerances for them diminished. So payments went up or projects were abandoned because of lack of participation.

I don’t particularly care for them anymore to be completely honest.

Bat kill is the only significant wildlife issue that I'm aware of.

They kill birds too. Solar panels are better, but are better in the southwest US where it is mostly dry and doesn't rain as much. Plain states are good, however they kills the migratory birds. Nuclear power is the only real option we have for massive 24/7 power production. They are now making smaller, self contained, modular nuclear power plants that will not melt down, and don't need much water to cool down. Some use Thorium instead of Uranium or Plutonium. Thorium breaks down to safe levels after use in a short period of time vs a long time for the other two. Thorium is more plentiful and less radioactive. Thorium also cannot be made into bombs. Solar and wind do better for small scale homestead use, or supplemental use for suburbs.

Could open a Chinese restaurant nearby...

‘Splain it to me, then. Why can’t they be put on the top of skyscrapers?

No and no.

Never any wind here

it sucks more than it blows

Nuclear is cleaner and cheaper.