Delingpole:

Wind Farms Even More Expensive And Pointless Than You Thought

….When Professor David MacKay stepped down as chief scientific adviser to the Department of Energy and Climate Change (Decc) last year, he produced a report comparing the environmental impact of a fracking site to that of wind farms. Over 25 years, he calculated, a single “shale gas pad” covering five acres, with a drilling rig 85ft high (only needed for less than a year), would produce as much energy as 87 giant wind turbines, covering 5.6 square miles and visible up to 20 miles away. Yet, to the greenies, the first of these, capable of producing energy whenever needed, without a penny of subsidy, is anathema; while the second, producing electricity very unreliably in return for millions of pounds in subsidies, fills them with rapture…’

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3 Responses to Delingpole:

  1. Wombat says:

    I’m already taking steps to provide my own electricity.

    Although my taxes will still be funneled towards these BS subsidies, at least I will be minimally affected by the inevitable spikes in power costs.

    Ma and Pa Average will come around when their power bills hit four figures.

    That said, it’s an amazing scam. Like our national broadband network, we not only pay directly for it to be built, but we pay more per month for the enhanced service.
    In simple terms it would be like buying the cow and still having to pay for the milk. http://falfn.com/CrusaderRabbit/wp-content/plugins/wp-monalisa/icons/wpml_scratch.gif

  2. Michael in Nelson says:

    Not only the reliability and cost to the taxpayers but the loss of birds and bats, i.e. the environmental damage by wind farms is horrendous.