Wind Energy: A lot of hot air?

Call it the winds of change: you're seeing almost as many wind turbines in Toledo as you are solar fields. Local officials see alternative energy as the region's future in manufacturing — and the jobs that go with that industry.

But Fox Toledo has has been looking into whether all the talk of wind energy for Northwest Ohio's future is possible — or just a lot of hot air.

Local researchers say we've met three of the four requirements: wind turbines on Lake Erie are technically feasible, environmentally-friendly, and cost-effective. But whether it will be politically acceptable as a policy decision is the big factor.

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[MandalayWind]

Wow shouldn't we have been building more of our own turbines already. What is there to vote about? Are we actually thinking of not putting in renewable energy producers. Just think of the massage energy industry. It is designed around coal and oil. We don't wait for politics we are selling our small systems now.