If there’s one thing that the duelling wind rallies in Canberra proved, it’s that Aussies are behind wind power.  And that means new opportunities for wind entrepreneurs and the job seekers that love them.

Not a lot of people showed up for shock jock Alan Jones’ well-publicised anti-wind power rally in the capital.  In fact, those were Jones’ words:  “There aren’t a lot of people here. They don’t have time or the resources.”

Conversely, 700 came out for the hastily-arranged Friends of the Earth's Yes2Renewables campaign rally in Canberra’s CBD. 

To be sure, there have been complaints about wind farms.  But a recent study by Professor Simon Chapman of Sydney University found incidence of sickness that some people thought were caused by windfarms were far more prevalent in the communities where anti-windfarm lobbyists had been active.

The fact is, Aussies see wind power in the near future.  A poll conducted by “Essential Media” found 76 percent of those asked support building windfarms to generate renewable energy.