Let's Talk Wind Power

Ontario is trying to keep its promise to close coal-fired generating plants within the next few years, and they are also talking about linking up with Manitoba and Quebec, as they have excess power to sell. Here's the plan: we build our own plants, hire the skilled workers necessary, build the turbines ourselves, then we could place them all over Ontario in good high locations. This would work well on the prairies, as I understand the wind never stops blowing there. Alberta has the wind rushing off the mountains. The point is, we would employ many people, manufacturing, installation and maintenance, etc. Each small town that has reliable wind could start their own project, and on and on it goes. This is a truely win-win situation, because we would no longer have to depend on outside forces to keep our power going. Personally, I am moving off the grid, and since I am a mechanic, I am going to experiment with an alternator as a small turbine and a bank of batteries, to light my new home with 12V lighting, and use a generator for cooking and such. A TV and computer should be able to run from a 12V inverter to 110V, so I'm going to hopefully save some $87 per month on power. The wind idea is a good one, so why don't we start talking it up ? Is it because of shortsightedness on the part of the politicians, or is it another "corporate control" problem ????