Is Wind Energy the Answer?

Many people say that wind energy is the answerStacey International Publishers, London. (2009):
to our energy needs in America, but that is reallyISBN: 09-78-190529-983-6
nonsense. You see, the economics of wind powerThe author is the editor of the International
just do not add up. For instance, let's say weJournal of Ecology, a downright environmentalist,
wished to lower the Earth's Temperature by 1he is not an oil company funded guy, he is just
degree, to stop Global Warming. Based on thetelling the truth about the reality of things, such as
calculations of the scientists that track CO2 andlife on the planet and the idea of Humans wanting
their correlation of CO2 to ambient temperaturesto stop Climate Change being farcical. And to that
and climate change (calculations which arepoint I'd like to ask all the Global Warming folks
completely speculative with computer models thatthat are promoting climate interference by
are at best guess work), it would cost 60 trillionhumans to stop warming; So How is That
dollars in wind farms and battery storage for theWorking Out for You These Days? After all that's
energy produced.like saying that humans want to stop Continental
Seriously, does that sound like a solution? After all,Drift?
we have people dying right now because theIt is my sincere contention that wind energy is
world needs about 5 Trillion in water infrastructurenot the best way to create energy for the
and the world economies could use a kick in theamount of energy this nation needs, it is not
pants of about 5 Trillion to get the whole worldfeasible. Even out near Palm Springs, CA there
back to work. So, it's just not doable to count onare wind turbines everywhere, I mean
wind. Not to mention the fact that wind is veryeverywhere littered across the landscape, but on
unreliable, because well obviously, sometimes ita hot summer day, all those wind machines do
blows and sometimes it doesn't and you neednot produce enough energy to even power up
energy all the time. But rather than you take mythe air-conditioners in Palm Springs, not to mention
word for it, let me recommend a very goodthe 500,000 people that live in that valley that
book to you:have to look at them every day. Please consider
"The Wind Farm Scam" by Jonathan Etherington;this.