Elizabeth Weise

more than 900 million a year.

So yes, turbines can kill birds, but really, if you're concerned about birds, that is the, it's not the least of your worries, but it's really shouldn't be high on your list.

Yeah, that's a really interesting one.

And there's been a fair amount of research done by that, by actually federal labs.

So what they found is typically your property value does dip.

And it's very dependent on how close you are to a wind turbine or a solar plant.

I mean, if you're a mile away, there's very little impact.

I mean, if you're 200 yards away, perhaps.

However, they also found that they dip, but they tend to go back up.

What they think is happening is that when you get wind turbines or a solar farm in your county or in your area, that brings in a lot of tax revenue, which means your infrastructure increases.

So your schools get better, your roads get better.

I mean, I've been in counties where they didn't have ambulance service because they couldn't afford it.

And then when they got wind or solar, there was enough tax revenue that they could get it.

And so those things have meant that overall property values tend to increase over time.

So they can dip.

They tend to come back, and it's really only people who live right next to the farms.

Being far away is not a big deal, though they may not like how they look, but it's unlikely to impact their property values.

I mean, a couple of things.

I have spent now a lot of time in the Midwest and on a lot of farms, and I really could feel the struggle that people have because these are their homes.

They love this landscape, and they don't want it messed up.