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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Retired Educator" data-source="post: 295730" data-attributes="member: 3373">Only thing I know about coal energy is that my lights come on when I flip the switch. Wind energy is less reliable. All the talk about the benefits of wind energy are to me very misleading. I live in a county with a fairly good size wind farm. When proposed it was supposed to provide a good amount of tax income for the county and schools as well as the landowners who had towers on their land. Turns out the landowners are receiving a decent income, but no where near what was projected. The lower payment was due to the original company selling the wind farm to another company who demanded a lower payment in order to make the wind farm more profitable for them. As far as the schools and county, barely a break-even point. As far as I have been told, the schools were supposed to receive a good tax base but then the legislature decided it needed a chunk of the tax and changed the school funding to deducting the wind tax from the foundation aid formula to the point where it was basically a break-even for the school. Similar for the county. Add in the extra road maintenance and other expenses and they receive very little extra. If you live in an area where a wind farm is being planned watch very closely. It is true that it can be an additional source of income for the landowner, but not much for the other entities. Times will change and there is no stopping some of the changes but don't be mislead that all change is for your benefit.</blockquote>

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