Radicals Are Divided Over Wind Power

Wind power is good, say Sen. Barack Obama and some radical environmentalists. No, wait, it's bad, insist some in the same community of thought. It's a great alternative to coal-fired power plants proclaim some liberals. Not in my backyard, warn others.

Confused? So are radicals who seem to be united on just one thing: Whatever the cost to Americans, they want to eliminate use of coal for any purpose.

A group in southern West Virginia has suggested that a wind power facility should be built atop a mountain where coal mining has been proposed. The group has been honored by Co-op America, an organization that promotes use of sustainable energy resources.

Obama's energy "policy," which calls for increasing the amount of electric power generated by wind turbines. But it does not fit into the thinking of many radical environmentalists, who oppose wind turbine towers for various reasons. One liberal, Sen. Ted Kennedy, opposes a plan to erect wind towers in the ocean near his family's Massachusetts home. It would spoil the view, opponents of the plan say.

Environmental radicals often seem in favor of wind power as a concept - but opposed to it in practice. Their ambivalance on wind power gives no reason for confidence in any energy plan they may espouse.

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beanranch
09-07-08 9:57 PM »Report Abuse	I suppose M. Myer would probably think Johnny Appleseed was a radical too.
BurningUp07
09-07-08 9:46 PM »Report Abuse	JaymeJones well don't forget this is West Virginia so it will probably take another couple centuries at least for wind power to get here, by that time of course the coal companies will have destroyed every mountain in West Virginia probably with mountaintop coal removal, but thats ok at least that way we wont be labeled radical environmentalists or anything, boy I'm really worried about that. topsie - thats really cute, wind power is much more complicated than that, there are some websites you can read about it, how it works and so on.
ktbass
09-07-08 5:44 PM »Report Abuse	Good old Ted Kennedy said not in my back yard , though that doesn't count, right?
TruthSeeker
09-07-08 11:34 AM »Report Abuse	I betcha most elitist conservatives would say "Not in my backyard", too.
JaymeJones
09-07-08 10:51 AM »Report Abuse	Radicals? What's so freaking radical about harnessing the power of the wind to make electricity or pump water? It's been done for centuries. Do you think they just put those windmills up in Holland because they look pretty next to the tulips?
beanranch
09-06-08 10:22 PM »Report Abuse	What about geothermal energy? Everytime a radical environmentalist (and Mr.Myer, is there any other kind?) dies, the heat goes up.
Destroyallmonsters
09-06-08 12:22 AM »Report Abuse	Back on topic, I would rather see more wind turbines placed on mountains than more mountain top removal. Although, I will agree that clean coal is part of the solution for energy independence.
Destroyallmonsters
09-06-08 12:20 AM »Report Abuse	"how would you like to have power only when the wind blows?" hahahahahahaha THE WIND ALWAYS BLOWS!!!
Destroyallmonsters
09-06-08 12:19 AM »Report Abuse	"Will Bob Barr or Alan Keyes be on the ballot in WV?" Nope and I think that is shame. Although the Libertarians have a lawsuit pending that could place them on the ballot. They already have more than enough signatures to do so. The more the merrier I say.
ktbass
09-05-08 7:58 PM »Report Abuse	D*** BUSH!! I meant doubt!!
ktbass
09-05-08 3:11 PM »Report Abuse	UNCOMMONSENSE, I serious dobt that Bob Barr will be elected. I understand your for him. Enough people in this country are too entrenched in their parties and that includes me to some extent. I don't see any viable candidate now that can take over. I am not sure I will vote for president this election. I think Sarah Palin is an interesting person. Two question's, you seem to be more liberal than you're letting on. Am I wrong? Will Bob Barr or Alan Keyes be on the ballot in WV?
topsie
09-05-08 2:58 PM »Report Abuse	windpower is an answer for little minds or other agendas. how would you like to have power only when the wind blows? a good use for windpower would be to make hydrogen, production could be itermitent but it would just vary the production. windmils connectedto the power grid will couse more problems than help. could you imagin being an engineer in a nuclear plant varieing your output as the wind varies.
MaryLynn
09-05-08 1:38 PM »Report Abuse	The group in southern WV (Coal River Energy) proposed the windmills as a last resort to stop mountaintop removal. The group never said Massey couldn't mine the coal, they just want them to do so using traditional, underground methods.
Georgetwin
09-05-08 12:00 PM »Report Abuse	The EnviroNazis want to run everything on Marijuana Smoke. They figure if we can do it, why not EVERYTHING else!
UNCOMMONSENSE
09-05-08 11:51 AM »Report Abuse	Why is it that anybody who disagrees with the Republican propaganda machine is labeled a liberal? Let's take a look at the failed energy policies of the last 8 years. Hypocrites. Bob Barr Before it's too late

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