Retired Helper,
Coming from an island nation like NZ, I can't understand why wind power isn't utilised as much as it should be here.

I mean, everytime I've ever been to the beach, fishing here, the wind is always blowing.

The turbines would be out of the way of the people that like complaining about "turbine noise" and "visual pollution".
Oddly enough, these are usually the same people that complain about the price of thier latest electricity bill. crazy