What chief executive requires the purchase of a specific product from a nonexistent industry at an unestablished cost with undetermined consequences ("U.S. gives green light to offshore wind farms," Feb. 3)? Welcome to the Gov.Martin O'MalleyWind Initiative, an idea whose time has not yet come.

When the technology aligns with the market it will happen — and not a minute sooner.

Michael Barr, Havre De Grace