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And it's true that I have heretofore never joined in at DU. And that the small-minded prejudice on display here does not inspire further participation. This post was brought to my attention by a friend who shares an interest in opposition to big wind from the left, eg, by Earth First..
Although Wind Watch appears to be politically neutral, or ecumenical, at least one paper at aweo.org by the president of Wind Watch, Eric Rosenbloom, "Exploitation and destruction: some things to know about industrial wind power" hardly seems something that the Koch brothers would support. In fact, its viewpoint appears to be well to the left of most of what I have seen at DU.
As for "assertions", that is rather what your presentation of building wind turbines as an inherent not-to-be-questioned good is: obviously harmful, yet with dubious mitigating benefit. Looking at the actual record, the best that can be said on the credit side is that building wind has driven the building of natural gas plants which are necessary to back it up: thus replacing some coal with a somewhat cleaner fossil fuel (and expanding the market for fracking!). So not really changing much in the long run. Except for opening up — with the blessing of environmentalists — more wild and open spaces to industrial development. Greenpeace close-dancing with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. 350.org working on behalf of its Wall St. funders.
It is the knee-jerk and obviously desperate attempt to paint all who question the wisdom of industrial wind as rabid reactionaries that is hard to take seriously.
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