The level to which wind or solar power plays a role should NOT be in the hands of politicians or enviro-mental nut cases. It should be in the hands of people who understand the grid, and the issues surrounding load and power generation.
As far as I am concerned, engineers need to take back the energy issue from the crazies before it is too late.
An appropriate place would also make it prominent, in my humble opinion.
Seems to me that engineers are heavily involved with the design of wind turbines or they would not have made the big advances is output potential over the years.
It's not crazy to use a renewable source for our poser. It's not only not crazy it makes sense.
You can hire engineers to design anything and they will do it. That doesn't mean what they designed at your urging makes sense in all situations.
There is also a difference between engineers who design products and engineers who design and operate systems made up of individual products. The people who make the individual products (wind turbines in this case) will want to sell you that product to the largest extent possible. The people who build and operate the system understand what products they actually need in the correct balance to make the system work.
The bottom line is, too many wind turbines and not enough fast start backup will be a disaster. A properly balanced system will not include a "prominent" wind turbine fleet but will include wind turbines where they make sense.
With the political winds as they are, you are probably correct. We will have wind turbines as a prominent part of new generation despite the economics, aesthetics, and logistical problems they entail. We will have problems as a result.