Investing in Wind Power Is Smart — But Not How We're Doing It

maybe all the maintenance money is going to fund criminals.. in prison and in government...

The author, Marc Gunther, is one of the ultra-green bunch that would turn the world upside down to achieve his ends - and make a he** of a mess of everything.

The first problem is caused by the government chasing the green route without thinking. It makes no sense to provide money from the government coffers (tax money) for item C when items A & B have to come first.

Many of the subsidies and incentives are necessary only due to the cart being placed in front of the horse. Why subsidize wind turbines in an area that can't take the power in the system? Build the transmission system and the turbines will come.

Same goes for solar PV power. The capacity factor bragged about by the AWEA of up to 35% is meaningless if there is no consumer available as the connection from the producer to the consumer is not there.

Ethanol subsidies have turned into a wild bucking bull that we can't get off from. People like Gunther want the same thing to happen with wind and sun power.

Give clowns like him the choice and you might end up with a turbine in your backyard!

The last paragraph where they are bragging about 950 mW capacity being adequate for a million homes - sure if most don't have power. 950 mW installed multiplied by a generous capacity factor of 25% means 238 mW of power - good for a million homes? I think not.

Gunther is in bed with the turbine manufacturers and operators on this one!

I found the article interesting and the author made some reasonable points. However, then I got to the statement "We need to give the federal government more power to overrule local objections " and felt a chill run up my spine. That scares the living crap out of me.

I think America's citizens have given the federal government more power than it can responsibly manage.

The author makes some good points but he is fair & balanced just about like Fox News.

Anything and everything he publishes is propaganda - sometimes better disguised than others.