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Depleted Cranium has a Good Discussion Going About Wind Energy Limitations

August 28, 2008 By Rod Adams

I encourage you all to visit the active discussion going on at Depleted Cranium about wind energy limitations. Here is a sample:

I shouldn’t complain though. I’m glad to see that wind energy is finally getting some of the criticism it deserves in the mainstream media. Just like biofuels started getting called on its various empty claims a couple of months ago, the wind is shifting on wind power (pun intended). It had to happen though. Something like wind power can only get away with misleading the public before eventually someone starts to notice that despite the enormous expenditure and the turbines spinning all over the countryside, there is no apparent benefit in terms of electric rates or fossil fuel consumption.

You also should read this intriguing column from the trends and fashion section of the New York Times. One thing I do not like about the article is Seth Godin’s gratuitous dig against nuclear power, but otherwise, it is worth a read.

I also like the work being done right in my home state of Maryland to expose the myth that massive wind projects can save the planet.

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About Rod Adams

Rod Adams is an atomic energy expert with small nuclear plant operating and design experience, now serving as a Managing Partner at Nucleation Capital, an emerging climate-focused fund. Rod, a former submarine Engineer Officer and founder of Adams Atomic Engines, Inc., one of the earliest advanced nuclear ventures, has engaged in technical, strategic, political, historic and financial discussion and analysis of the nuclear industry, its technology and policies for several decades. He is the founder of Atomic Insights and host and producer of The Atomic Show Podcast.

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