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Well, my county has recently been going through the battle over windmill constrution. With fairly high wind speeds and elevations ranging from 900 to 4,000 feet, it didn't take long for Windmill companies to start the long process of planing for construction. The companies first went to private landowners, without any county consent, and started offering large sums of money that made it very hard to refuse. The board of supervisors finally got wind of this, and imposed a county-wide ban of constrution of any structures over 100 feet, except for cell phone towers. This was put in our local paper, and caused quite an uproar. A new, now nationally known orginazation called SOARS (save our Appalahian Ridges) was formed, and the windmill companies came under harsh scrutiny. I was wondering what your opinions are on this subject.
Some quick info-
Patrick County VA, Population-20,000
Stuart va- 1,200
Windmill height-400 feet
Noise-moderate
Employment-2-3
Benfit- Power to be used in Tennesse only
Photos of proposed areas-
Some quick info-
Patrick County VA, Population-20,000
Stuart va- 1,200
Windmill height-400 feet
Noise-moderate
Employment-2-3
Benfit- Power to be used in Tennesse only
Photos of proposed areas-



