The towers are necessary and wind turbines are not going to make them unnecessary. They're what makes power from far-flung generation sources available where it's needed. They are also the inter-connecting links that make the grid more robust, i.e. able to maintain stable supplies most everywhere, most all the time even in the face of outages, equipment casualties and disasters. The criteria is that power generated from anywhere can be used most anywhere, with relatively low line losses. To be sure there are losses transmitting bulk power over long distances, but the higher the voltages the le