i searched on google , for walmart and wind turbine , and under the image is a video with mona williams the walmart spokesperson ,
in the video is a picture of walmarts windturbine , this was back in november '05 i think ,,, and it wasnt going yet...
it was hard to tell how large the windmill was , but it wasnt 120' dia thats for sure , maybe they meant it was 120' tall , it looked to be about 30' dia.
i am not savvy enough to turn this large ass link into something more resonable like " click here" , but there were no pop ups on msnbc , surprizingly..

This is the part that got me .

Dorman also said it might be unfair to allow some people to have a technology that is not available to others who do not have the money or the yard space. So rather than grant variances to individual homeowners for windmills, he would like to see eco-minded neighborhoods designed from the ground up.

Does this mean I cant drive my new hybrid car that I scrimped and saved to buy  because All the people next door can afford  is a used car ?

Then I read about how fossil fuel consumption and emmissions keep rising from places like:  
http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/international/carbondioxide.html

I think to myself that this is one of the many ways we are currently heading towards a catastrophe.

Then I read a story about how someone who is trying to do something about it, even if its small, gets blocked.  I believe that the U.S. as a nation needs to encourage micro-generation as a small part of a larger strategy to replace part of the energy usage currently coming from fossil fuels.  Reducing greenhouse gas emissions in the U.S. is such a monumental task that many strategies will need to be implemented simultaneously to get significant results.  Some of these strategies may cause some inconvenience to some people.  My conclusion, however, is that it is becoming increasingly clear that if we don't change our current course, most people on the planet are going to be greatly inconvenienced in a generation or so.  

The folks behind the no-variance stuff are truly "not gifted."  The belief (fear based) is that any variance will cause the precious property values to drop, and since so much of their life savings are tied up in these silly "Prairie McMansions" it will some how harm them.  

A few years back the fire and insurance folks had to force HOA morons to stop requiring Cedar Shake roofing (aka fire kindling).  If one house had a minor fire, a whole neighbor was toast.  With regular shingles (now) it is rare that even a single house burns.  But gee, won't that hurt property values?  

Texas House and Senate have been working on a bill this session to over-write all HOAs to force them to allow solar.  But wind is a whole other story.

Socialist propaganda.

It is ILLEGAL for these people to interfere with your right to use your property as you see fit.  Since you own the airspace above your property, NOBODY is entitled to look through privileges.