I was in the Pennsyvania and Maryland mountains over

[doc03]

the weekend biking the GAP trail. On one mountain top
I counted 30 of those huge wind generators. Those things have to cost a fortune. They must generate a lot of electric to be financially feasible. Does anyone know how they compare with fossile fuels? I would guess they must cost a few million each.

[safeinOhio]

1. Lots in Mid-Michigan

More going up. Farmers get from $600 to $800 per month rent for each.

[doc03]

2. I wish I had a few acres on one of those moutains.

A few years ago I could have bought old farm land here in Ohio for $500 an acre now people here are getting $10000 or more an acre for drilling rights and more for royalties on gas.

[cwydro]

3. And you'd sell to those people who want to ruin the land?

[doc03]

4. Well I only have an acre and I got $10000 for

drilling rights. They drill for miles horizontally it doesn't destroy my land and if you don't sell they take it anyway. The well head itself is a very small footprint. But I was talking about the wind generators are you against wind and solor too?

[cwydro]

5. Certainly not against solar.

I have 26 acres of mostly forested land in NC. They’ll have to pry it from my cold dead fingers.

It’s got every kind of bird, numerous owls, deer, and just about every other critter you can imagine.

[doc03]

6. That's great but I think I could give up an acre for

a wind mill. Solar panels would take it all to produce that much electric. If I was younger I would put them in my yard for my own use though.