Category Archives: Wind Power subsidies

Heck! If you can earn renewable credits by burning wood, I know where there’s some REALLY old chunks?

Posted on March 31, 2010 by morgan

The creativity of some folks never ceases to amaze me.  While some are trying to come up with things like fuel cells, mini-nukes and who knows what to lead the pack on new sources of renewable energy, some Californians just … Continue reading →

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Industrial wind jobs: “The reality, as evidenced around the world, is that these jobs aren’t permanent and could not exist without extensive ongoing government subsidization”

Posted on March 30, 2010 by morgan

From Reuters Environment Forum: Why subsidize the surfeit of wind turbines? With an oversupply of wind turbines, why are governments subsidizing new manufacturing plants? In recent years, China has ramped up its efforts to become a world leader in manufacturing … Continue reading →

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Hooray !!! General Electric to build wind turbines and create 2,000 jobs. What? In England?

Posted on March 26, 2010 by morgan

We sure hope none of the tax credits and subsidies that support GE directly or indirectly enables this little adventure.  Naah!  That could never happen … could it?  I know Jeff Immelt is good buddies with the President, but hey! … Continue reading →

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Kent Hawkins: Integrating Renewables: Have Policymakers Faced the Realities?

Posted on March 15, 2010 by morgan

Canadian engineer Kent Hawkins’ analysis, Integrating Renewables: Have Policymakers Faced the Realities, published by the United States Association for Energy Economics, lays bare the reality about industrial wind technology, showing particularly that the vastly subsidized costs, which are substantially more … Continue reading →

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Investors Business Daily: “Subsidizing alternative energy fits the classic definition of insanity.”

Posted on March 14, 2010 by morgan

Secretary of Energy Steven Chu “pushes bio-refineries and windmills to oil executives at an energy conference as the administration announces a three-year offshore drilling ban. This is a policy for economic suicide!” The editorial at Investors.com notes that despite huge subsidies, … Continue reading →

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To stop industrial wind you’ll probably have to boot your current legislator out of office.

Posted on March 13, 2010 by morgan

Industrial wind doesn’t work!  Chances are the legislators representing you either don’t know that, or they receive so much money or so many promises from the wind lobby they don’t care.  Ignorance or greed, there’s not much in between. That … Continue reading →

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Wyoming’s Governor Dave Freudenthal: Wind companies “are not entitled to a free ride.”

Posted on March 12, 2010 by morgan

From the Chattanooga Times Free Press:  Taxes and ‘fairness’ Friday, March 12, 2010 Defenders of federal subsidies for inefficient alternative energy such as wind and solar power say the subsidies are justified because of tax breaks that oil companies get. … Continue reading →

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Industrial wind shocker: Honoring CWEA request for subsidy parity, AWEA agrees to no longer accept taxpayer money. ha ha ha ha ha – Gotcha!

Posted on March 11, 2010 by morgan

C’mon, you folks didn’t think there was any chance the American Wind Energy Association would agree to cut off the free flow of gimmies, did you? What has the Canadian Wind Energy Association, our neighbor’s equivalent of the US lobby … Continue reading →

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Finally, the wind industry demands Congress enact Renewable Energy Standards! What??? … it doesn’t include minimum energy output from turbines?

Posted on March 9, 2010 by morgan

Here’s the headline at Renewable Energy World that got my hopes up – Wind Industry Fires Back, Calls for RES But no, the “group of wind energy executives as well as the CEO of the American Wind Energy Association called on … Continue reading →

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From the Omaha Press Club – A discussion of Nebraska industrial wind.

Posted on March 9, 2010 by morgan

This series of videos is provided for your viewing without comment.  Yours are, of course, welcome. Part 1 of February 19, 2010 briefing to the Omaha Press Club by the director of the Nebraska Energy Office. Recorded by EV World.com. … Continue reading →

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