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.
