Windmills in the Great Lakes Catching the Breeze by monaxle This weekend's Traverse City Record-Eagle had an excellent feature on controversy building around windmills and wind energy along the Great Lakes. Energy experts are set to meet in Madison and Toledo, Ohio, next month to talk about the prospects of implanting giant electricity-generating windmills in the Great Lakes. Advocates say offshore wind turbines would be a power generation jackpot. Opponents are cringing, fearing the windmills' impact on the lakes' aesthetics, tourism and fishing. Read Tilting at turbines: Talk swirls of Great Lakes windmills in the Traverse City Record-Eagle Also see Dawn Trip - a cool set of pics of watery windmills Posted/updated May 30, 2006 by Andrew McFarlane (Absolute Michigan) click to Send This Story to a Friend! Main Michigan News Page Go Back One Page

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