The Power of NIMBY!

Joe Heller, Resident political cartoonist at the Green Bay Press Gazette, from March 20, 2011

Nuclear power? Radiation sickness and vacant cities.
Oil? Dead zones in the ocean and air pollution.
Coal? More air pollution and dead miners.
Wind power? Uh, maybe if you're too close. The funny part of it is that most of the people who complain have no problem cashing the checks from the power companies.

Funny how one guy with a pen and some ink can sum up the ridiculous attitudes of a whole nation. According to something I read once, the states of South Dakota or Montana have enough wind power to supply the needs of the entire country. Lots of new jobs, no eternal waste or air pollution, what's the problem? NIMBY. Not In My BackYard. Everybody wants to turn on the lights, but no one wants to generate power near their home.