Comments on: NIMBYism’s Threat to Renewables http://cleantechnica.com/2011/10/06/nimbyisms-threat-to-renewables/ Clean Tech News & Views: Solar Energy News. Wind Energy News. EV News. & More. Mon, 29 Dec 2014 22:20:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.1 By: Michigan's Wind Farms: The Sound (of Crickets) and the Fury (of Crackpots) - CleanTechnica http://cleantechnica.com/2011/10/06/nimbyisms-threat-to-renewables/#comment-133206 Fri, 21 Sep 2012 11:30:23 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=31160#comment-133206 […] " "))]); });   Complaining about the noise of windmills falls in that whole ‘not in my backyard‘ phenomenon. Truth be told, wind turbines aren’t very loud, and crickets (and cars) are […]

]]> By: Anonymous http://cleantechnica.com/2011/10/06/nimbyisms-threat-to-renewables/#comment-105293 Thu, 06 Oct 2011 18:57:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=31160#comment-105293 I wouldn’t hold my breath on the CofC.

But I think it is a good thing we have a conservative heading up AWEA (Bode) and think she does a lot of work to talk to the Republican side.

]]> By: Anonymous http://cleantechnica.com/2011/10/06/nimbyisms-threat-to-renewables/#comment-105291 Thu, 06 Oct 2011 17:42:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=31160#comment-105291 Interesting that the Chamber of Commerce would be talking about NIMBY as if it were a bad thing. The CofC has been acting very right wing, anti-green during the last few years.

Might this mean that they are starting to understand that renewables are going to become very major industries in the US?

Just a few days ago we had the Republican governor of Wyoming pushing the sale of wind energy to states west of them. We’ve recently seen the Republican officials of conservative western states knock down anti-wind farm legislation.

A corner might have been turned.

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