Heh, heh...stupid wind turbines freeze up in winter....when they're needed the most

Heh, heh...stupid wind turbines don't work in the cold. The state of Minnesota spent $3.3million on a bunch of windmills to supplement their power needs but, the grease that lubricates the rotation shaft gels up at extremely low temperatures, rendering the turbines useless at a time of year when electricity is needed most.

Here's a possible solution: To keep the staggeringly inefficient wind turbines from freezing up during the 6 months of Minnesota winter, the state should install, at great cost, equally inefficient solar panels. These would generate electricity to power the heaters to keep the lubrication warm. The only problem is that in Minnesota, IT SNOWS IN WINTER...A LOT! What's supposed to keep the snow off the solar panels? Wait, I know. Each wind turbine will have a bicycle-powered generator nearby and the homes who benefit from the turbine will have to volunteer members to sit outside in shifts and furiously pedal to generate heat that will keep the snow off the solar panels, which will power the electric heaters which will keep the turbine lubrication warm.

See? Hippie ingenuity will save countless polar bears. Untold Minnesotans will spend winters huddled together in the dark, miserable and freezing but, as long as man-eating polar bears thrive, hippies' intentions are all that matter.