Wind Energy : Costly, Inefficient AND A Fraud

Something to watch here is how this will be spun for the consuming public. Everyone with any sense knows wind energy was a bust from the very beginning, especially with the subsides that were needed to support it was substantial.

The real problem here is the general public not having the back bone to make rational decisions concerning their own well being in the face of supposed 'experts' telling them this is the wave of future to become independent of foreign oil interests. The experts here are eco-fascists Democrats looking to grab more power while lining their own pockets at the expense of the taxpayers. Example, Al Gore has gotten very rich on this lie of global climate change and carbon emissions.

All of these scenarios of huge costly overruns and terrible inefficiencies have come true, and yet a large portion of the voting public still buys into the fraud that is 'green energy'.

Ethanol and solar are as bad as wind energy in that they have to have large subsides to even exist. So where is the savings? What is the advantage? Bigger question : Why do progressive left Democrats that demand taxpayers support these boondoggles continue to get reelected?

Texas Wind Power Lines Bust Budget
Source: Kenneth Artz, "Texas Wind Power Lines Bust Budget," Heartland Institute, November 2011.

Though Texas now leads the nation as the top-producer of wind energy, this title does not come without additional baggage. The disadvantages of this form of green energy production are numerous and cause it to be an altogether inefficient means of producing electricity, says the Heartland Institute.

The most important detractor is its location. As opposed to coal-fired power plants which can be relatively close to urban centers, wind energy must be collected in rural areas where the conditions are more optimal. This electricity must then be transported via power lines to the urban areas they hope to serve. The problems here are twofold:

First, the power lines and new infrastructure necessary to transport wind energy is enormously expensive.

Second, much of the electricity produced is lost in transportation anyway. Texas is feeling the squeeze of this first factor as cost projections for its new, wind-energy friendly infrastructure are rising.

The independent contractor assigned the job has raised its total estimated bill from the original figure of $4.9 billion to $6.8 billion -- a 40 percent increase that amounts to $800 per household in the state.

However, the costs associated with wind energy are not isolated to the costs of infrastructure, as wind is also a much more expensive form of energy to capture and produce than other, more traditional sources. These increased costs will be felt in higher electricity premiums for the state's energy-consuming residents.