“No, it’s not. It is expensive beyond anything else, unreliable (the wind doesn’t always blow), and fully dependent on Government subsidies to make it even barely viable. Not to mention its deleterious effects on wildlife and plain ruination of many beautiful areas now blighted by eyesores.”
And Texas, of all places is falling for such a scam that not only rips off the taxpayers of Texas, but cuts into the profits of oil and gas companies based in the Lone Star State.
How on earth, you have to wonder, did the Texas Legislature and Governor fall for the wind power scam?
Look to your state economic development fund/agency/bureau etc. The green energy scams have found a ready source of funding in them.
The citizens of Texas likely would not want this Wind scam.
Politics the world over is pretty much dominated by one type of individual -- sadistic control freaks.
Our Founders clearly saw the type of person that would seek political office -- mostly evil and scummy. That is why they tried their best to keep government "weak" and chained down by the constitution.
Follow the money. The billion$ being pumped out of the ratepower and taxpayer for this subsidized temple to Gaia flows to landowners, windmill builders and installers, transmission line operators, from all of them to politicians. The greenies fly cover for the politicians, giving them a 'holy' excuse for accepting the graft.
>How on earth, you have to wonder, did the Texas Legislature and Governor fall for the wind power scam?<
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Simple.
Campaign contributions from energy companies.
With enough money, you can buy off anyone.
Fall?! LOL! There's backroom money in them thar windmills. The only ones falling are the taxpayers that subsidize them via the Guv's legislative sanctioned slush fund. Crony capitalism isn't just for sleazy democrats.