What's the story with wind power?

While not specifically written about Michigan, Salon's article on wind power is comprehensive and informative -- and, one might hope, instructive to the Third Coast state?

Excerpt:

Indeed, offshore wind could take us to a new energy future, free of carbon dioxide, or CO2 greenhouse gas emissions, faster than any other power source, say industry experts. Bye-bye, Saudi Arabia. So long, global-warming paralysis.

In the United States, wind represents less than 1 percent of all electric power generation, but that's still enough to power 2.9 million homes. The industry is growing fast -- wind-power production shot up 160 percent between 2000 and 2005, rising 27 percent just last year. For the past two years, wind has been the second-largest source of new power, after natural gas.

Read the entire article here. (Note: Will require watching a brief advertisement.)