Obama Proves the Only True Wind Power is From Politicians
Why am I bringing this up again, you ask? It’s in the news, baby! Barack Obama is using windbag power to inflate expectations of what wind power will do for the country. Photo op aside, the efficiency and drawbacks of wind power make it unrealistic to save our economy or our ecology. It takes energy to manufacture all those windmills sitting idle, like oil derricks on the crest of the hills. As an old friend of mine was fond of saying:
There’s nothing free in Waikiki!
President-elect Barack Obama will call for action to stimulate the economy at an Ohio company that manufactures very large bolts for wind turbine towers, according to announcements by the President-elect’s team and information received by the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA). The company, Cardinal Fastener & Specialty Co., Inc., is based in Bedford Heights, Ohio, and the visit will take place Friday, January 16, as the President-elect travels from Illinois to Washington, D.C., for his Inauguration.
“We are very excited by the selection,” said AWEA CEO Denise Bode. “On that factory floor in Ohio, President-elect Obama will see first-hand how renewable energy creates American manufacturing jobs and helps revitalize our economy.
Bedford Heights is very close to where I lived for the last three years. And windmills are what I have been driving by for the last three or four days…windmills that are not turning at all!
When you listen to what Obama says about “stimulating the economy”, I want you to remember those hundreds and thousands of windmills sitting in the Altamont Pass producing zero electricity at the moment. There is a place for wind energy as part of the nation’s total energy package, but it’s by no means the largest part and it’s by no means cheap!
Cross Posted at Proof Positive
