-----Original Message----- From: Nick Palmer "According to this story, wind energy in England, is not living up to expectations.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1361316/250bn-wind-powerindustry-gre atest-scam-age.html Virtually every sentence of this blatant propaganda, let alone every paragraph, is highly arguable... .The cherry picking and misrepresentation he indulges in here is quite spectacular. Nick, Yes, we have too much of the same 'denial mentality' here, but even in Texas, the wind lobby was making progress against the oil-heads before budgetary problems set in. ROI is ROI and even oil gets subsidies. However, the most alarming statistic in the piece, if it is accurate and not an aberration - should be easy to check on: "the 350ft turbine outside Reading... performed so poorly (working at only 15 per cent of its capacity)"... If this statement is false, then editor needs to be forced into a public retraction. If it is true, then one wonders how prevalent is the underlying mistake or data error - and how could a "boffin" as you Brits like to call them - make such a miscalculation prior to the enormous investment? Is there an actual figure for all of England on the percentage of capacity which is achieved in practice to compare against the prior projected percentage which was used to justify the investment? Jones
