John Droz, Jr., a physicist and Cornwall Newsletter reader, recently wrote to tell us about his website, WindPowerFacts. There Droz—a long-time movement environmentalist and member of various environmental advocacy organizations—presents, in a cool and measured way, the scientific facts about why wind power is bad for the environment and the economy. The low-down: It uses up more resources, including especially land, than conventional fuels (fossil and nuclear) to produce unreliable electric power at much higher cost.

Particularly instructive is his slide presentation, “Electrical Energy, Science, and You.” Take the time to view and read it carefully. You’ll never be bamboozled by “renewable energy” advocates’ anti-scientific and anti-economic arguments again.