From the N&O (Small wind turbine ...):

Wind energy has long been a nonstarter in [North Carolina] because the best wind speeds are found in ecologically sensitive areas: Appalachian ridge tops and pristine coastlines. Today in Raleigh, a Senate committee of the General Assembly is scheduled to debate a proposal to ban commercial wind power development in the mountains.

The "proposal to ban wind power," called "SB1068 and H809, Permitting of Wind Energy Facilities," began as a proposal not to ban wind power. In other words, via something called "politics" the proposal to permit wind energy has ended up as a proposal ban it.

Funny. Especially when you consider that last year the state legislature passed a renewable energy portfolio standard. 


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