Energy 105, Thoughts on Wind Power

Wind power, like solar, is touted as the solution to the world's energy crisis (in itself a lie used by the Progressives to enslave the world's masses). As with solar power, and other green energies, wind power has been slow to catch on because without massive government subsidies wind power cannot compete on the economic level with fossil and nuclear power.

But, there are other problems with the use of wind power as a replacement for conventional power. These include:

• Like solar power, wind is unreliable. The wind does not blow equally or consistently throughout the world. Wind sometimes blows, and sometimes doesn't. When it doesn't blow electricity is not produced; the fall back is always alternatives that are reliable - fossil or nuclear power. So neither wind, solar, or any other renewable source of energy can or will completely replace fossil and nuclear power in the near future (~50 years to 100 years). Common sense tells us that these alternatives are pipe dreams designed to slow down or stop progress.
• Wind power is also not acceptable to the elites, like Senator John Kerry and former Senator Ted Kennedy who only support wind turbines NIMBY (not in my backyard). In fact, almost everyone who is in favor of wind turbines are in favor only if they are located where they can't see them; even the most ardent environmentalist or socialist are only okay with wind turbines if they can't see them.
• Just as with solar power, no one really knows what impacts wind turbines (or massive solar farms) have on the environment and weather patterns. It is known that wind turbines kill birds (reference http://www.moorsydeactiongroup.org.uk/birds.html), sometimes in massive numbers. But how might wind turbines affect weather patterns? No one knows, but we do know that wind is created by heating and cooling of the sun. We also know that the Law of Conservation of Energy "energy cannot be created or destroyed." (reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conservation_of_energy) So solar energy is converted (partially) to wind energy which through the wind turbine is converted to electrical energy. That means energy is "extracted" from the wind to create electricity. Since, "energy is not created or destroyed" and energy is taken out of the wind by the wind turbine, the wind energy (or speed) will be reduced by the energy removed by the turbine. Might that lower wind energy affect low-pressure and high-pressure winds that also affect where rain is deposited? Since weather is such a chaotic system, the construction of massive wind farms is completely unknown. Many will argue one way, and many will argue the other, but the fact remains that the impact of wind, or solar energy generation is unknown and will certainly have unknown consequences.

The point is, the movement to so-called green or renewable energies is not as simple as the proponents want you to believe. Their agenda is not about what they want you to believe. If they were concerned about the environment, they would want to thoroughly study the potential impacts on the environment (plants, animals and meteorological). But, they don't because that is not their concern.