This is in response to Betsey Foster of Greenwood (letter, Feb. 4) and others of her persuasion, of whom I know many.

Foster claimed that she is usually pro-environment. She is most certainly not, nor is anyone who prefers blasting away an entire mountain for coal over grading a hill for a wind installation.

Wind towers are not 600 feet tall, as Foster claimed. The Mars Hill towers are 262 feet tall and the blades add another 115 feet to that figure. I have stood right under them. The tallest turbine is in Iowa at 379 feet tall.

A good deal of Maine is ideally suited to wind technology. This is anathema to the coal and oil companies who gain financially from supplying fuel for electricity. There is new nuclear technology on the horizon, but it is not here yet. What is already in use is not a good alternative.

Foster’s version of unsightly doesn’t hold water when one considers all the places that have wind installations and continue a robust tourist trade. Prince Edward Island comes to mind.

There is not a single reason that Maine should not help reduce the problem of carbon emissions. It is selfish and short-sighted to let other states carry the load.

With the beginnings of widespread electricity, everybody hated the awful power poles and wires. Now we mostly don’t even notice.

Diana Tozier, Poland