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TLDR: Editorialist in UK conservative political magazine[0] tilting at windmills as sources of clean energy. His hobby, apparently, or his job[1]. It's too eas
by markvdb 9y ago
TLDR: Editorialist in UK conservative political magazine[0] tilting at windmills as sources of clean energy. His hobby, apparently, or his job[1].
It's too easy to shoot holes in his "facts". I won't even try. He's deliberately being intelectually dishonest, coating his opinion in statistics carefully taken out of context.
Now for an interesting look at wind power technology, have a look at a list of the ten most powerful wind turbines[2].
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Spectator https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Spectator
[1] https://www.spectator.co.uk/author/matt-ridley/ https://www.spectator.co.uk/author/matt-ridley/
[2] http://www.windpowermonthly.com/10-biggest-turbines http://www.windpowermonthly.com/10-biggest-turbines