Are you For or Against Power-generating Windmills?

Despite windmills are scenic spots in Spain

Don Quixote is the most famous Spanish name in Japan. I’m sure the name is known even more than Penelope Cruz. Mind you, that doesn’t mean Japanese people have high cultural standards. Embarrassingly, most of us just recognize the name as the major discount store with more than 600 stores even only within Japan, and may not know it derives from the title of a classic novel. By the way, the discount store chain is very popular with foreign visitors to Japan. You should definitely check it out next time you come. Anyway, Don Quixote, the name of the man of La Manch comes up in my mind every time I see power-generating windmills increasing in number lately.

Do you have power-generating windmills around your residence? How do you like them? Do you like landscapes with many windmills standing tall? According to the annual report of the Energy Institute in 2023, the top five countries in the world ranking of wind power generation capacity are as follows:

1st China

2nd USA

3rd Germany

4th India

5th Spain

When first seeing the ranking, I was surprised to see that the result roughly matched the world GDP ranking, except that Japan is out and Spain is in, but the Spain’s ranking sounds reasonable. There must have been many windmills in Spain from a long time ago, so many that Don Quixote wanted to attack.