vote on wind factory on Presidentials

[coldmountain]

Tilting at Windfarms

I believe that alternative energy resources are an area that we need to investigate. Slowly. I believe it would be enviromentally and socially irresponsible not to at least look into the possibilty of wind power.
Now, that being said, I certainly would not like to see turbines on Bondcliff or Kathadin c'mon no one would. But I think adding to an existing human presence such as JayTreks ski area example isnt so intrusive and the possible benefits could outweigh any blights to the views from the top.
I think its fitting that in a society that endorses looking good over feeling good, that we could be more concered about having some windmills on top of our ridges and hills than we could be concerned about running low on unrenewable fossil fuels inside those ridges and hills.
Bottom line is this;I support wind power research but its never gonna happen in WMNF. I mean we cant even have a friggin cairn on Owls Head. (Imagine that jerk trying to knock over a turbine, haha)

 

[post'r boy]

this poll is overreactionary in my opinion and should be locked or deleted. it just stirs the pot. it's a hypothetical situation that would never happen to begin with.

 

[Davehiker]

I'm with Post'r Boy. I used to have a science teacher many moons ago who would call a question that posed unreasonable conditions a "what if question." I think this is a "what if" question, and I don't think it's productive.

Just my $0.02...

 

[Peakbagr]

While I'm sympathetic as respects development of clean, alternative energy, this thread began quite a ways away from a connection to hiking and has blown even further afield.