We have pointed out many of the disadvantages of using home-based wind power given the current technology; cost, neighborhood opposition, site problems, length of time to amortize the expense, etc. Still, according to the American Wind Energy Association, there were 1,300 wind generating units installed into the power grid in 2007 - three times the number in 2006. This does not include the many hundreds that were installed as the sole source of power far away from the nearest utility line. Wind power...