Wind Energy & the Environment
Wind energy works, is increasingly cost-effective, has a net positive environmental impact, and is compatible with most existing land uses. The links below touch on the topic of wind’s environmental benefits and impacts.
Removal of 37 Abandoned Mitsubishi Wind Turbines on Hawaii’s Big Island
By
Paul Gipe
Finally, decades after being abandoned on South Point of Hawaii’s Big Island the 37 Mitsubishi turbines have been removed. Long a source of embarassment in the wind industry and a source for right wing attacks on the viability of wind energy, the derelict turbines have been removed.
Debunking Anti-Wind Myth of 14000 Abandoned Wind Turbines in California
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No There are Not 14,000 Abandoned Wind Turbines in California Never Have Been And, No There are not 14,000 Abandoned Wind Turbines in the USA, North America, or Anywhere for that Matter
Paul Gipe Response to Daily Mail Claim of 14,000 Abandoned Wind Turbines
By
Paul Gipe
The following is a response to an article in London’s Daily Mail on what they claim are 14,000 “abandoned …
I am Sick of Anti-Wind Propaganda
By
Paul Gipe
Yes, anti-wind hysteria has made me sick. I got queasy in my stomach when I think of the 150,000 wind turbines operating worldwide and still no epidemic of death and disease had yet broken out despite the sickening anti-wind hype in the English-speaking world. . .
Car Concerns Ontario (CCO) Calls for Moratorium on Car Sales
By
Glen Estill
(Warning: Satire) Car Concerns Ontario (CCO) today called for a moratorium on sale of new cars, citing their danger to the health of citizens. . .
Pro Wind Alliance
By
Grahame Jordan
A voice of reason in the British Isles not connected to any trade association.
