Mason County (MI) Lake Winds Energy Park construction underway on 56-turbine wind far

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[Rascal Trophy Fishing]

This is a good project "in theory", but it does not bode well for the future of the locals, nor electric energy in general. A pretty good number of locals affected by these behemoths of over 300' in height at their doorsteps are protesting daily. And have also filed a suit in court to stop this nonsense from happening in our backyards. The "flicker" situation was never addressed for the locals, nor were the "setbacks" from their yards. Already jobs have been created for non-locals from Muskegon and Grand Rapids, not locals. The same will be happening at the finish for maintenance. And the bottom line is that no energy will be created when no winds prevail, subsidies from Michigan disappear soon, and most or all created energy goes downstate as usual, not to the local area to keep costs lower. All in all, it's a political boondoggle that locals have had shoved down their throats, to the glory of Consumers Energy, it's fancy big city attorneys, and the local political machines being greased by the Utility.

[danthebuilder]

This is a good project "in theory", but it does not bode well for the future of the locals, nor electric energy in general. A pretty good number of locals affected by these behemoths of over 300' in height at their doorsteps are protesting daily. And have also filed a suit in court to stop this nonsense from happening in our backyards. The "flicker" situation was never addressed for the locals, nor were the "setbacks" from their yards. Already jobs have been created for non-locals from Muskegon and Grand Rapids, not locals. The same will be happening at the finish for maintenance. And the bottom line is that no energy will be created when no winds prevail, subsidies from Michigan disappear soon, and most or all created energy goes downstate as usual, not to the local area to keep costs lower. All in all, it's a political boondoggle that locals have had shoved down their throats, to the glory of Consumers Energy, it's fancy big city attorneys, and the local political machines being greased by the Utility.

I think there is an easy way to solve this problem. I think people should be able to tell the power company what kinda power they want to buy. Nuclear/Natural Gas/Coal/Wind/Solar. People who want to pay for wind power. If they're willing to pay $600 a month instead of their normal $200 a month. More power to em. Wind costs over 3x as much. We all know this They should pay for it. Why is my bill forced to go up over this? Nuclear is the best technology & is being ignored/hated on. Its also the cheapest. It is also one of the safest per MWH. Personally, I think after a couple of months of billing people based on what they are willing to buy we'd have a nuclear power plant building boom... and btw, they can build em in my backyard. Nobody has any incentive to do anything but hate on nuclear power plant yet they enjoy the low costs of em each month without knowing the true blessing they are to our pockets. That needs to end.