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Sorry Mikey, but windmills are dangerous to birds, dontchaknow. Nice try anyway.

Wind power is something I would love to employ myself - I live close enough to Lake Michigan that the wind can be ferocious. If I could generate even a little bit of my own power, it would at least help with the power bill. Quite apart from whether my city would allow me to erect an appropriate-sized windmill (doubtful), the economics just don't work out, even with tax breaks. It would take forever for the damn thing to pay for itself. Bureaucrats don't worry themselves over niggling details like this, of course - they're buying it for themselves with your money.

They should set these up in Pittsburgh - we have a huge pigeon problem. CHOP CHOP CHOP !!

For every kilowatt or megawatt you add in unreliable wind power generation, you also have to add the same amount of base generation (coal/gas/nuke/hydro) into the same grid - so that when the wind does not blow, the lights still come on.

Every MoonBat Environwonk I know does not believe me when I explain the total cost to them.

Coder is correct, and there are plenty of studies on the internet to prove it, you can not make money without 3/4 or more of your overall costs being covered by tax funded credits.

He is also seeking a third or fourth term:

MAYOR'S '3RD TERM' MANEUVER

Mayor Bloomberg is considering extending term limits through a deal with the City Council that would allow him another four years, while also boosting lawmakers' time in office, sources told The Post.

Bloomberg has publicly said he intends to leave when his term ends on Dec. 31, 2009, but has privately expressed interest in undoing the city's cap of two four-year terms with a legislative change, not a public referendum, sources said.

Bloomberg has recently indicated he believes he has plenty of time next year to work out an arrangement with the council, sources said.

"It's more 'yes' than 'no' right now," a source said. "They think they have time to wait until after the [November] election."

At a press conference today, the mayor for the first time left the door open to considering an extension of term limits.

Bloomberg explained that the City Council has the legal power to pass a bill that would change term limits, which was enacted and reaffirmed by public referendum.

"I don't know what the City Council is going to do," he said. "My job, if the City Council comes to us with a piece of legislation, we will look at it, we will consider it and we'll make what I hope is an informed judgment into what is in the best interest of the city."

The mayor stressed that he has no plans to run again himself.

But he indicated he's open to amending the law to limit legislators to three terms, instead of the current two.

"There are a lot of people who say they are set at an inappropiately short level," he said. "Rational people can have that view..."

Extending term limits through legislation could be controversial, because some believe they can be changed only through a public referendum.

The Post first reported in April that Bloomberg was contemplating a move on term limits.

Bloomberg and council Speaker Christine Quinn have both denied a deal is being considered.

"As the mayor has said again and again, and as recently as yesterday, he expects to serve out his second term, and then turn the office over to someone else," Bloomberg spokesman Stu Loeser said.

Quinn "has never spoken to the mayor or anyone in this administration about this," said her spokesman, Jamie McShane.

sgoldenberg@nypost.com

I wonder where all the various moonbat turbine gear will be dumped after the obvious (they don't generate enough power to justify the cost) becomes obvious. Maybe they should start building some new landfills now.

The problem is that Bloomie wants 100% "renewable" power in New York. At first the plan was to put windmills and solar panels on governmnet buildings, but they found out that that wouldn't power a FRACTION of the citie's needs, so they planned to put them on landmarks and private buildings.

Look Liberals, be happy that you can produce SOME power as a back-up to generators durring emergencies, this would be a boon to the comunity. You DO rememeber the big black-out a couple of years ago, don't you? A few hundred 3x6 foot solar cells charging up storage batterys would have been quite welcome then.

Down here, we have portable traffic signs that have solar panels soaking up the Florida sun durring the day to light up at night. I don't know of a single conservative that has a problem with that.

Do windmills even generate enough power to pay for themselves in their life-cycle?

I imagine these will require full-time municiple employees to operate and maintain.

I think just the cost of modification of the base structure would be cost-prohibitive.

Probably even be a net negative on the grid.

Pay millions to install a windmill on the Empire State Building and probably still be unable to generate enough power to keep the lights on the top ten floors for 50% of the time and need to replace it in ten years.