Is wind power another 'ethanol-style' knee-jerk reaction?

Maintenence is in the thousandsper year on a 1 megawatt tower. This can be easily built in to costs. Still a bargain once on line, but of course there are the usual considerations and certainly wont work as a stand alone system. Remeber, there are more considratons than jus cost. Look at asthma rates among children and other coal related problems.