Searsburg Wind Project

I am opposed to any commercial wind power development proposal in the Green Mountain National Forest or on any of Vermont's mountains. Dozens of towers hundreds of feet high would be a blight on these mostly pristine mountaintops and forest lands in Vermont.

Wind power generally is a bad idea for Vermont because it fails to make economic sense in the face of the real needs. Because we need to replace 2/3 of our baseline power in the next decade, expending effort frivolously by building these ugly towers in the pursuit of tiny amounts of wind energy is Â?whistling in the wind.Â?

I'm happy that the Burlington Free Press has taken the editorial position opposing these windmill monsters on Vermont's mountaintops.