Christy Mihos - former wild-card candidate for governor, best known for running an animated ad showing Big Dig officials sticking their own heads up their butts – is co-chair of the Alliance to Protect Nantucket Sound, the group that vociferously opposes Cape Wind.

Recently, it looked like Mihos was stepping up to the plate with an actual alternative to the original Cape Wind plan, which would put turbines in Nantucket Sound. He volunteered the sites of his convenience stores as spots for wind turbines. Here's the details from the AP: "The turbines proposed for Mihos’ Hyannis store will rise 31 feet above the pavement, according to plans filed with the town. Each turbine would generate about 2,600 kilowatts per year."

Mihos proposed that three turbines be installed in the store's parking lot. Turbines are large, so either that gas pump island is enormous and the turbines are even bigger, or Mihos is setting up an elaborate practical joke. Wendy Williams, co-author of Cape Wind believes it’s the latter. She writes in an e-mail: "Let's do the math. One of Cape Wind's 3.6-megawatt turbines in Nantucket Sound would be equal to how many of Christy Mihos' 1.5-kilowatt toys? About 2,400. So to replace [Cape Wind force Jim] Gordon's 130-turbine project, Mihos would have to put up about 312,000 of his little jokes all around the Cape. And all those turbines would have to be put in locales with terrific wind speeds."

So a little turbine at the convenience store isn't going to do much for generating wind power. But it's good for a giggle. Williams says, "Every community needs a Falstaff to lighten things up – 'Tutto nel mondo è burla' -- and Christy is always keeping everyone in stitches."

True. Bostonist would gladly nominate Mihos to be one of the most entertaining individuals in the Boston area. Feel free to see Exhibit A, Exhibit B, and Exhibit C for proof. But, in all seriousness - even if Mihos' gesture is the equivalent of playfully sticking his tongue out at Cape Wind, it's more than the Kennedys have offered.