RC Macaulay writes: > There have wind farms in west Texas in droves. The tax benefits and the > Federal money involved has > caused a feeding frenzy across the US for large array wind generators.
The tax benefits are small (2 cents per KWH I think), they last only a few years, and they nowhere near enough to make wind energy profitable. They are much less generous than the tax breaks given to oil, gas or nuclear power, although they do level the playing field somewhat. There is no direct Federal funding to build wind farms as far as I know. There is a small amount for research. > The insanity of the projects make me turn my head as I pass some of them. > Here we have the wind farm at > the top of the plateau and the 2500 foot inclined radical change in elevation > beneath and adjacent to the > wind towers. Engineering science blinded by the dollar. What is insane about that? These locations have some of the strongest and steadiest winds on earth. There is no better way to capture the wind with present-day, off the shelf technology. - Jed
