But in the spirit of full disclosure, the turbines may look bigger if you get closer to them

NJ: We'll become a world leader in wind power | AP | 10/06/2008

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. - New Jersey is powering up an ambitious plan to become a world leader in the use of wind-generated energy.

Gov. Jon Corzine says the Garden State is tripling the amount of wind power it plans to use by 2020 to 3,000 megawatts. That would be 13 percent of New Jersey's total energy, enough to power between 800,000 to just under 1 million homes.

New Jersey's original plans called for 1,000 megawatts of wind energy by 2020. But Corzine thinks the state needs to take better advantage of wind energy sooner than that.

"We want to create this generation's race to the moon, but this time, a race to the sea, to harness this potential wind source off of our coasts, and bring economic development, environmental benefits, and new, green jobs to the Garden State," Corzine said.
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He also said swimmers and sunbathers would hardly be able to see the giant turbines from the beach.

"These things will appear to be half the size of your thumbnail and as thin as a toothpick," he said.