We Were Warned in 1998

[Ryan Wright]

On Mon, May 12, 2008 at 9:02 PM, Leroy Eckert wrote:
>
> As well, I would not care to have those wind mill
> electric generators in Banning Pass behind my house.
> No one wants those in their back yard.

I do. I spent a year under contract to buy 100 acres of land with
several dozen of these just a few miles away. Too bad the deal fell
through, I would have loved to have lived there. Those giant, slow
turning blades are a thing of beauty to me, as well as what they
represent - clean power. They're silent, so no problems with noise. I
understand some folks think they're an eyesore, I'm just not one of
them.

Farmers with cheap, remote and windy land that nobody wants to live on
are now finding their property spiking in value. Wind farm operators
are paying several thousand dollars per year, per tower, and the
footprint is so small that the farmer can continue to grow crops. It's
a win-win to me. A friend of mine is about to inherit property with
residual wind farm income over a quarter million dollars a year. Ten
years ago, his father's farm was only worth what they could grow on
it.

-Ryan
'86 PT-40 8V92