The dark sides of wind power

Noise may not be your first concern when looking at wind turbines, but for neighbors, it is tormenting. Dave Pevec, who lives more than a quarter-mile from the Waymart wind power plant in rural Pennsylvania, complains that the noise keeps him awake at night.

http://www.thetranscript.com/Stories/0,1413,103~9043~2674703,00.html

Note: Eleanor Tillinghast of Mount Washington is co-founder of Green Berkshires Inc., a group formed to oppose wind-power projects.

Wind & Noise

"Stuff" happens

These relatively small towers (~150 feet) in the UK fell in a storm. What assurance does Lyman have that any towers will be safe, reliable, and funds escrowed to remove them should they be abandoned?

Windmills Equal Boeing 747 Jumbo Jet Wingspan

Junk windmills are hard to displose of

...They are a flotsom of a boom-and-bust industry, left behind by the companies that may have changed hands or gone bankrupt. Some ranchers who allowed "wind farms" on their spreads now find that getting rid the windmills can be a long and costly process.