I know you think this is an April Fool’s Day joke.
It’s not.
Michigan Republican Ray Franz has introduced House Bill No. 4499 which literally prohibits off-shore wind development in Michigan.
The department shall not enter into a lease or deed that allows the use of unpatented lands for the siting, placement, construction, operation, or maintenance of any structure to research wind energy development, any wind turbine, or any equipment or structure related to a wind turbine, including, but not limited, to a transmission line.~SNIP~
The department shall not grant a permit under this part for the siting, placement, construction, operation, or maintenance of any structure to research wind energy development, any wind turbine, or any equipment or structure related to a wind turbine, including, but not limited to, a transmission line.
Words fail. I mean really. I don’t even know how to respond to this.
Contact your member Congress. NOW!
H/T: Muskegon Critic at Daily Kos.
I’m just sayin’…
