The small party Bündnis Deutschland wants to stop the construction of wind turbines with a petition to the Saxon state parliament. "Known minimum distances no longer play a role, landscape conservation areas are no longer taboo. I think this is a serious mistake," said Steffen Große, head of the association, to the German Press Agency in Dresden. More wind turbines are "nonsense in terms of energy policy". This would make a few people rich in windy and calm conditions at the expense of all taxpayers.
"Our existing wind turbines already produce too much electricity in windy conditions. We have to de facto give the surplus away to foreign countries and add tax money on top as a gift". In a calm, even 50 or 100 wind turbines would produce zero energy. "Why more wind turbines?" asked Große. In his petition, he calls for local authorities to be able to offer compensation in the form of land for photovoltaics or geothermal energy, for example, if this would spare them wind turbines.
