There was nothing disingenuous about it. Those Altamont Pass turbines are 20 years old. Comparing those antique, 500 KW toys to the latest technology is like comparing today's cars to the Model 'T'.
But, it's becoming all the more apparent that you want very much for wind energy to be silly. If you read up on it, I'm confident you'll see that it isn't. But, if you're happy to go along with the crowd, there's nothing I can do about it.