we are looking into putting up one right now.. i guess we had better hurry before they are against the law.. then only criminal will have clean air power.. id rather have a dozen of those than a nuclear plant in my back yard (glow in the dark kids would be easier to find at night). you can store the waste in your basement for the next million years!! my fish could use some more mercury from coal plants too

Congrats to the Magnolia Town Board for adopting an ordinance that protects ALL area citizens, and not just those seeking to benifit financially from the aggressive tactics of the bubbling wind industry. The wind developers plan for Magnolia Township would cover 8000 acres, or 12.5 square miles. Their plan would also gobble up at least 3 square miles of neighboring Spring Valley Township. Wind developers get control of this land through shifty super-secret contracts that they refuse to share with local governments or concerned citizens who would like to know how business is being conducted in their community. The wind turbines proposed for Magnolia/Spring Valley according to the developer would only generate 25% of the turbines nameplate capacity. The 100 MW industrial wind facility planned would only generate 25 MW of intermittant generation, and would not reduce the burning of coal at all, but the wind developer would have legal control over the 8000 acres for 30-40 years. The adopted ordinance does not prevent individuals farmers or business owners from purchasing and installing smaller personal wind generation systems for their home or business use. This is the responsible use of a wind resource that reduces grid dependency, and reduces coal use. Wind developers don't want you to know that. For the record, Jeff Mitchell grew up in Magnolia Township, and his parents have lived in the township for 35 years. We, all of us taxpayers, will be shouldering the bill for all industrial wind turbines as the wind industry has a tailored federal double depriciating tax structure, that allows them to write-off the cost of thier wind turbines in 6 years. The Magnolia project would cost the taxpayers $210.1 million, for smoke and mirrors and loss of local control. We deserve better, and the Magnolia Town Board is seeing that we get it.

There is nothing wrong with wind turbines if they are properly sited. The problem comes when they are built too close to homes. The turbines are 40 stories tall, and without an ordinance they can be built 1000 feet (about 350 steps) from someones home whether they want it there or not. The turbines make a lot of noise, especially at night. Homes in Wisconsin's Lincoln township, in Calumet County have been made uninhabitable by the noise, purchased by the power companies and bulldozed. One of the people who gave testimony at the hearing was from Fond Du Lac county where the turbines have been on line since March. He talked about how loud they were and how a lot of people in his community could no longer sleep at night. Our family is very green and we were excited about the wind turbines coming in until we did research. We found that they are inefficient, especially in our area which has low wind capacity compared to Minnesota and Iowa, and cause a lot of problems for people who live near them. Solar and manure digesters are a much better option for our area! There is a website devoted to this issue in our community. Visit it at betterplan.squarespace.com to learn more about what this is about. The wind developers aren't happy about this ruling, but I can tell you so many of us in Magnolia township are grateful.

It needs to be clarified, Jeff Mitchell is NOT a resident of Magnolia Township NOR does he pay taxes that may be spent in defending this ordinance.

why would anybody want to limit wind power? The wind turbines are f-in cool