There's also another problem with wind which is the untold environmental one. Wind turbines have an operation lifetime of just 15 years and are often placed in remote locations. For example energy companies in the Shetlands are destroying local archaeology, hauling turbines alllll the way out to the islands from wherever they're made, going to all the effort of constructing them, only to have to come back in just 15 years and do it all over again.<br><br>Wind is good as a concept but solar and hydroelectric should be the way to go.