[Big Dave]

Indeed the resistance to wind power is widespread. Not only is it a big issue in Highland County but the Cape Wind project off Martha’s Vineyard is the highest visibility hubbub.

To be successful at all, a wind site must have wind (19 MPH average) and it must be close to load. Highland County fits the bill. Cape Wind fits the bill. Lots of wind and close to load. If both cases the locals don’t want them. Cape Wind is high-profile because the NIMBYs have names like Teddy Kennedy and Walter Cronkite.

It does no good to put the wind turbines in really remote places like North Dakota because all the power generated would only go to warming up transmission wires.

So the rest of us will have to heat our homes with coal the way our grandparents did, and for the same reason: Cost.