Heh -- saw this one coming a mile away

From Yahoo/Associated Press:

Pickens calls off massive wind farm in Texas
Plans for the world's largest wind farm in the Texas Panhandle have been scrapped, energy baron T. Boone Pickens said Tuesday, and he's looking for a home for 687 giant wind turbines.

Pickens has already ordered the turbines, which can stand 400 feet tall � taller than most 30-story buildings.

"When I start receiving those turbines, I've got to ... like I said, my garage won't hold them," the legendary Texas oilman said. "They've got to go someplace."

Pickens' company Mesa Power ordered the turbines from General Electric Co. � a $2 billion investment � a little more than a year ago. Pickens said he has leases on about 200,000 acres in Texas that were planned for the project, and he might place some of the turbines there, but he's also looking for smaller wind projects to participate in. He said he's looking at potential sites in the Midwest and Canada.

He did not have a connection to the grid. He would be generating all of this power but not have any way to get it to the consumer. Alternative Energy will always be a bit player when it comes to baseload power generation. The idea that we are putting so much time effort and money into developing it instead of focusing on Nuclear is, in my mind, a tragic waste of resources. France is doing the right thing with over 80% of their electricity coming from Nuclear Power to the extent that their fourth largest export financially is electricity...