THOUGH I'M CERTAINLY NO GREENIE, I fully support alternative sources of energy, particularly when they're home-grown and/or environmentally friendly. I mean, what's not to like?

So even though skeptical of wind-power being able to have a significant impact on the state's (and nation's) energy appetite, I'm glad to see Great Lakes Politics report that Wind Power Blows Through Michigan Legislature. What's great about this is that it's a tax credit for the production of wind power. This puts the burden on independent developers and rewards them if they're successful, rather than just throwing money into the project up front and all of us keeping our fingers crossed that it's cash well spent.

Also, Great Lake Politics points out some great maps of wind density for power generation along our state's Great Lake shorelines. Here's the 50m map:

Hmmm. Looks like the wind coming off of Lake Michigan is pretty strong. Guess we didn't need a map to know that, did we?