Here are some examples of what Kyoto participating countries learned about wind power:

• Germany had 20,000 MW of installed capacity wind power but in reality generated only 2,000 MW of usable electricity. Wind speeds were so inconsistent that the actual output is but a fraction of the capacity or load factor.

• On November 4, 2006, a large area of Western Europe blacked out. Because of high winds and a power surge of power into the grids, conventional generators had hurriedly to be closed off, causing repeated failures when they had to be reconnected. According to the director of Austria’s power grid, Heinz Kaupa, a “real catastrophe” had been only narrowly averted because his own country’s system was becoming...

A question for those who support cap and trade legislation:

Would you favor a US effort to “save the planet” from global warming even if there was no possibility of success, and it was certain the USA would be economically handicapped because of the effort?