On some days, we tramped uphill to the windmill, now a romantic house for two, for panoramic views across the estate and beyond.
Our first tulip field raised a cheer, as did each windmill.
Most others use the principle of an underwater windmill whose rotors are turned by the tide.
Voters see windmill plants closing over here, and opening in China, or they see the government slashing the subsidies paid to homes with solar panels and they conclude uh-oh, this is not going to be painless after all.And it's not going to be painless.
"You can't drive a car with a windmill on it," he says.Mr Obama is championing ambitious fuel-economy standardsMr Obama is championing ambitious fuel-economy standards for vehicles that would result in cars doubling their average fuel efficiency by 2025.
David Cameron, its new leader, made several speeches on the topic, paid a now-iconic visit to a melting glacier in Norway and stuck a windmill on his roof.But greenery presents Mr Cameron with a dilemma.
If you're a frequent traveler down I-80 here in Iowa, you're likely to encounter eighteen-wheelers hauling colossal windmill turbines and blades from factories in West Branch, Fort Madison, and Newton to the vast, growing, and handsomely subsidised wind farms dotting central and western Iowa, and points beyond.
Mortality is nothing new in other industries, nor indeed for the birds who blunder into whirling windmill blades.
This has the advantage of eliminating two wasteful steps: the conversion of the mechanical power of a windmill into electricity and its subsequent reconversion into mechanical power in a compressor.
Whereas the Conservative leader advertises his concern for the environment by attaching a toy windmill to his home, Mr Brown will build five whole towns filled with green houses.
The renewable-energy law entitles anybody who puts in a solar panel or a windmill to sell surplus power to the grid, receiving a generous "feed-in tariff" guaranteed over 20 years.
