Technology and vanity (and wind turbines)

Having seen the disaster on my blog - only I (on my snazzy laptop with an image of a fruit on it) have been able to see the articles I've been referring to - I'm thinking of reverting to pre-technology living, and seeing the twenty odd wind turbines being erected just outside Exmoor National Park, I don't have to go far. Only this morning I read that the owners of the wind farms are being paid to turn them OFF when there is a windy day, as they then produce too much energy that causes surges to the National Grid. Hmm...