Back in 1983 the American Wind Industry Association claimed that solar and wind would be “competitive and self-supporting on a national level by the end of the decade if assisted by tax credits and augmented by federally sponsored R&D”. That was 39 years ago. Over that span of time, there has been no lack of … Continue reading After 40 Years Of Massive Subsidies Wind & Solar ‘Industries’ Still Begging For More
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Wasted Time: US Squanders Countless $Billions in Subsidies to Chaotically Intermittent Wind Power
Power consumption is a here and now kind of thing, so talk about wind power powering 100,000 homes is utter nonsense. To expose the lie, the inquisitive need only ask when, precisely? When will those 100,000 homes be powered in any meaningful sense by a power source that’s entirely dependent upon the vagaries of the … Continue reading Wasted Time: US Squanders Countless $Billions in Subsidies to Chaotically Intermittent Wind Power
Never Economic, Never Competitive: Wind Industry Built on Lies & Runs on Subsidies
The wind industry has been firmly attached the subsidy teat for more than 30 years. Talk about being competitive with conventional generators is patent nonsense: cut the subsidies and this so-called ‘industry’ would disappear in a heartbeat. Whether it’s in Western Victoria, South Australia or in the midwest of the USA, wind power is always … Continue reading Never Economic, Never Competitive: Wind Industry Built on Lies & Runs on Subsidies
Texans Move to Slam Wind Power Subsidies
**** The great wind power fraud is in meltdown around the globe. In the US, ‘wind power’ states have cut their state based subsidies to wind power outfits (or are well on the path of doing so); and Republicans are out to prevent the extension of the Federal government’s PTC wind power subsidy: 2015: the … Continue reading Texans Move to Slam Wind Power Subsidies
US Republicans Line Up to Can Subsidies for Wind Power
**** Americans have had enough: enough of the wind industry’s constant bleating for ‘special’ treatment; enough of its dogged efforts to permanently maintain noise standards that are little more than a sick joke; and enough of its constant demands for subsidies that will – to keep the Ponzi scheme afloat – need to outlast religion. … Continue reading US Republicans Line Up to Can Subsidies for Wind Power
$Billions in Endless Wind Power Subsidies: Nothing Short of State Sponsored Theft
Here's a couple of pieces penned by boys who start from the right end of the great wind power fraud equation. Randy T. Simmons, Ph.D., is director of the Institute for Political Economy and professor of political economy at Utah State University. He also serves as president of Strata Policy, a public policy think … Continue reading $Billions in Endless Wind Power Subsidies: Nothing Short of State Sponsored Theft