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Moonbat Exterminator Wrote: Dec 15, 2012 12:14 PM

Wind power has been around since about the first century AD. There are many reasons that it's never advanced beyond niche markets. The primary one is reliability. Another is scale. We've been developing wind farms for decades as electricity generators and as of now, they produce less than five percent of generated electricity. We've picked much of the low hanging fruit and the technology is simply not competitive with carbon based fuels.

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Think Freely Wrote: Dec 16, 2012 2:07 AM

It is also not competitive with Nuclear power.

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Stop Subsidizing the Slaughter

Congress and the White House are struggling to find even one subsidy or entitlement program that they are willing to cut. Meanwhile, the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) insists that the 2.2-cents per kilowatt-hour Production Tax Credit (PTC) for wind electricity should be extended yet again – and then (maybe, partially) phased out over the next five years. By then, claims CEO Denise Bode, wind energy could be cost-competitive with other energy sources. What nonsense. No evidence supports any of this.

Wind energy is a net jobs and economic loser. By raising electricity costs for factories, internet hubs, offices, malls,...

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