Reply #11: I wouldn't go quite that far ...

[Dogmudgeon]

It isn't perfect, and it does have some limitations; and badly-planned wind turbines and farms can be a real disaster. But wind energy can certainly help supplement our base energy supply in many locations. It's fairly cheap, too, even if we decide to get a lot stricter siting and construction.

The subsidy issue is an entire area to itself. I don't oppose them, but there are plenty of greedheads in any energy regime. Spain and Germany have started investigating their wind and solar industries to rout out fraud, and it's certain that Obama will do the same in a few months. There is too much at stake to permit corruption to get established. Sadly, it comes with the territory (the territory being Capitalism).

Anyway, I posted the story because it was wacky, not particularly serious. It IS serious to the people involved, but I'm sure they will work things out.

There are a number of "cheerleaders" in this forum, and some of them get quite ... intense. There are also usually a lot more than just three uncritical pro-wind threads active. Critical analysis is not a popular on-line pursuit. It comes with the territory (the territory being the Internet).

And, before I forget, Welcome to DU!

:hi:

--p!