Windmills split town and families
"Listen," John Yancey says, leaning against his truck in a field outside his home.
The rhythmic whoosh, whoosh, whoosh of wind turbines echoes through the air. Sleek and white, their long propeller blades rotate in formation, like some otherworldly dance of spindly-armed aliens swaying across the land.
Yancey stares at them, his face contorted in anger and pain.
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Without dramatic improvements in battery technology, wind power suffers from its inconsistency. Since you cannot turn off/on conventional power sources at will, wind power farms must have between 70% to 90% power reserves, minimising their cost effectiveness. Until this technology gap is resolved, wind will alway be a minor player in the US energy market.
Also missing are anecdotes about dramatic drops in wild bird populations, as they cannot “see” the windmills, and with ever-growing mills, (200 feet and higher) more and more migratory flocks will be devestated if they fly through these farms. Turbine style windmills would be much safer, but wind companies do not want to license that technology, still under patent.