Windmills in Maine

Drew Pickering

Windmills in Maine


The state of Maine is going through some changes, the one thing that Maine is not good at doing. Maine has always been the nature state. The place where it is “the way life should be.” Maine is a stubborn state full of stubborn people, but what if changes were for the good of Maine, and the environment.
A new type of energy has storm the east coast in the form of wind. A new wind revolution is changing the way Americans see green energy. Energy is something that is as easy as a gust of wind, making is simple to capture. But how will this wind energy effect our small towns across Maine.
In the more north eastern part of the state, a town called Lee has been the same way for 200 years since it was established. Lee has about 800 people total, and it has little to no economy. Its inhabitants mostly work in the mills and lumber yards in the surrounding areas, which has been a steadily dropping business for a while. Little does Lee know, but it is a prime spot for a set of windmills on Rollins Mountain, a range on the west side of town.
The windmills would provide money for the land owners in the project area, the companies would be paying big dollars for the once known worthless land. The wind turbines would also provide a source of green energy for the state of Maine. Lowering the carbon foot print of our state.
This may sound like a good deal, but there are some problems with the wind turbines. They stick out if place in the middle of Maine on the side of a mountain. There white color and tall stature makes them an eye sore among the Maine landscape. They have been rumored to make a ridiculous noise, that is more of a drowning to the sense.
This will greatly effect the rural towns in Maine. They will have to switch from their rural ways of classic living to giving up natural beauty to green energy and modern technology.