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My reasons are sound.“I have always hated them”, is not a valid reason to hate anything.
Wind power has several problems.Moreover, the majority of the USA is currently in drought conditions.
They dry up the land downstream increasing drought potential.
The blades erode. Would you like breathing the aerosols of fiberglass and resin dust if you lived downstream?
The put a friction on the natural wind patterns, and do have an effect of the path of the wind.
They are not cost effective. The maintenance costs have proven this over time.
They are a scar on the planet. We have abandoned wind mill sites that are just a wasteland.
The kill endangered species.
This is just off the top of my head, and there most certainly are more reasons.