Wind Turbines & "Green" Subsidies Under Fire

[FrankRep]

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Despite billions in subsidies pumped into so-called “green energy,” almost 15,000 wind turbines have been left to rot across America, and the problem is growing.


Wind Turbines & "Green" Subsidies Under Fire (http://thenewamerican.com/tech-mainmenu-30/energy/9977-wind-turbines-green-subsidies-under-fire)


Alex Newman | The New American (http://thenewamerican.com/)
29 November 2011


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[FrankRep]

UK Report Says Wind Farming "Ineffective" at Cutting Emissions (http://www.theblaze.com/stories/report-hidden-expenses-associated-with-wind-farming-could-cancel-out-green-benefits/)


The Blaze
January 10, 2012



Civitas, an independent think tank, recently published a report by British economist Ruth Lea — director of the manufacturing renewal project at Civitas and an economic adviser to the Arbuthnot Banking Group – that concludes the expense of wind farms and need for backup energy makes (http://www.civitas.org.uk/economy/electricitycosts2012.pdf) harvesting wind “inordinately expensive and ineffective at cutting emissions.”

[Kelly.]

has the new american ever done a story on eliminating the oil and gas subsidies?

its amazing how selective some people are with their rhetoric.