Wind energy myths spun by lobbyists and salesmen

Wind energy myths spun by lobbyists and salesmen - Watchdog.org:
"A recent letter in my local paper by American Wind Energy Association representative Tom Vinson is typical of wind industry sales propaganda.
It deserves correction.
This is the reality: Industrial wind energy is a NET LOSER – economically, environmentally, technically and civilly. 
Let’s examine how.
Economically.
New York State has some of the highest electricity rates in the United States – a whopping 53 percent above the national average.
This is due in large part to throwing hundreds of billions of our taxpayer and ratepayer dollars into the wind.
High electricity costs drive people and businesses out of the state, and ultimately hurt poor families the most.
A New York resident using 6,500 kWh of electricity annually will pay about $400 per year more for their electricity than if our electricity prices were at the national average. 
That’s over $3.2 billion dollars annually that will not be spent in the rest of the state economy.
Why destroy entire towns, when just one single 450 MW gas-fired combined-cycle generating unit located near New York City – where the power is needed – operating at only 60 percent of its capacity, would provide more electricity than all of the states wind factories comb
ined."
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