Treehugger: Home Wind Turbines Are A Worthless, Dangerous, Wasteful Vanity
We’re entering a phase where anything expert “greens” say can and will be used to argue against renewable energy. Or at least put in a lousy context by the media. Here’s an anecdote that illustrates the process, brought to us via tip. The Daily Mail reports under the headline Wind turbines ‘may actually do more harm than good’ that:- “Home wind turbines have become the must-have home improvement among people eager to help save the planet and flaunt their green credentials. Dubbed ‘the ultimate green fashion statement’, [turbines] are selling in the thousands, amid claims they can cut household electricity bills by 30 per cent”. The story goes on to state that “…they barely produce enough electricity to power a hairdryer in many houses. They also do nothing to tackle greenhouses gases, while there are far better ways to cut down on energy bills”. Wow. Green fashionistas are ruining the view from the street with useless equipment, then, eh? Worse than that, the story goes on to point out that ‘in some cases chimneys may be toppled and structures made noisy or unstable as a result of wind turbines.’

I wonder just what kind of idiot they have writing about alternate tech at the Daily Mail.  And what kind of editors are they employing that allow things like this to go to press.  The complete article at Treehugger takes on the Daily Mail’s “facts” and takes them apart…