Wind is no panacea . As I have noted elsewhere they are heavily reliant on minerals that are classified as "rare earth" . I emphasis the word "rare " as in very scarce.
The magnets used to manufacture a 3 megawatt wind turbine contain two tons of rare earth minerals .
Everyone thinks we will achieve so called "energy independence" with it ,but we will still be dependent on cartel like nations for stuff like neodymium....
I have linked this article in Atlantic before when this topic came up . But it's worth reading if you haven't yet.
Clean Energy's Dirty Little Secret - Magazine - The Atlantic
Currently the Chinese have an almost monopolistic control on the rare earth minerals needed for both clean energy and many other consumer and military technologies.
They used that to undercut the market for domestic production ....the only mine in the US was closed down as the Atlantic essay notes . And now they have made draconian reductions in production in response to threats that companies may move production of consumer products out of China.
USMMA: China's Rare Earth Export Restrictions Hurt Green Jobs in U.S.
So clean energy still requires environmentally harmful mining ,and it will not bring us to that goal of energy independence. In fact it will produce the opposite as we will become even more dependent on foreign supplies of the raw materials .
The issue you describe however 'not in my backyard ' NIMBY' is not confined to your area. I recall the Kennedy's making alot of noise when a proposed wind farm was going to disturb their pristine view from their exclusive coastal community in Cape Cod . Even the big champion of environmentalism Robert Kennedy Jr found a way to oppose them (although he finds nothing wrong in wind farms off Long Island NY) .
I have seen NIMBY whenever any type of power generation is proposed . My local community prevented a clean gas plant from being constructed. On Long Island they stopped a nuclear plant. Windfarms in the Catskills (no big population there ) ,mining , drilling ,refineries all meet opposition .
But experience so much as a brownout interupting television or computer service and people throw a fit. And you never hear the end of it when gas prices rise.
I think until that dilithium crystal powerplant of flux capacitor engine is perfected ,then it's all hands on deck. We should supply our growing energy needs with multiple sources including petro-carbon ,nuclear ,hydro-and geo-thermal sources as well as solar and wind where practical .