ECN Forum Forums Thread Like Summary - How are you Jersey folks about the windmills?

I read a lot about them putting wind turbines off Ocean City NJ and there seems to be a lot of push back if you believe what you read. What is the local sentiment on the ground? My only real concern is simply the maintenance headaches this will be. I have a boat and I know what salt water does to anything mechanical. This ain't gonna be like Palm Springs. I doubt they will get close to the projected 10 years out of these things without a massive maintenance bill. These are 15 miles offshore and the Atlantic can be nasty out there. I don't think I want to take a January call

I have a power line behind me and it doesn't upset me at all. It ends up being an extra acre of land pretty much just for me to use. That is where I go with the dog every day. It is a peninsula bordered on 3 sides by water starting right behind my house.I built a bridge to get up there easier.