• DFO: I'm reposting this today b/c I forgot to include link Friday PM

During the Thanksgiving weekend, I had a chance to drive the freeway to Portland. I haven’t had a chance to do that in several years, so the obvious change in the landscape came as an unpleasant surprise. Around the early evening hours, we made it midway through our journey, and across the darkened horizon, we could see nothing but red lights, flickering on and off, mostly in unison as far as the eye could see, from north to south. Returning to Idaho under the light of day, the culprit was plain: dozens upon dozens of wind turbines dotting the landscape. Ugly as thistle, these turbines have adulterated what used to be a stunning Western landscape. Those of us who have driven the rural outskirts in eastern Idaho know that wind turbines are also fouling up Idaho’s majestic scenery, aided by sales tax breaks and a property tax exemption for the land that hosts these ugly beasts/Wayne Hoffman, Idaho Freedom Foundation. More here.

Question: Do you share Wayne Hoffman's view that government incentives muck things up?