WAG - Windfarm Action Group - the growing blight on the good earth ☯
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JUST PUBLISHED 2011 Peter C Glover
"Energy and Climate Wars" exposes the energy and climate myths that are driving today's public debate, from the West's war on carbon to the concept of peak oil and renewable energy. Using facts and empirical science, Peter Glover and Michael Economides show how most of the battle over energy and climate issues are the works of political and 'green' ideologues bent on social engineering programs. They present facts that are often obscured by media hype and speculative science to demolish popular myths, including the belief that energy politics are carried out in the best interest of all and that renewable energy can replace hydrocarbon economy. A thought-provoking, meticulously researched book, "Energy and Climate Wars" will help readers grasp the issues at stake and understand how energy and climate policy directly affect their lives with higher energy prices and security threats. Available HERE from Amazon |
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John Etherington
was a Reader in Ecology at the University of Wales, Cardiff. Since his retirement from the University in 1990, he has devoted himself to researching the implications of intermittently available renewable electricity generation, in particular wind power. He is a Thomas Huxley Medallist at the Royal College of Science and a former co-editor of the International Journal of Ecology. His book argues that the drawbacks of wind power far outweigh the advantages. Wind turbines cannot generate enough energy to reduce global CO2 levels to a meaningful degree; what's more, wind power cannot generate a steady output, necessitating back-up coal and gas power plants that significantly negate the saving of greenhouse gas emissions.In addition, there are ecological drawbacks, including damage to habitats, wildlife and the far-from-insignificant aesthetic considerations. |
Dr Etherington argues that wind power is being excessively financed at the cost of consumers who have not been informed that their bills are subsiding an industry that cannot be cost efficient or, ultimately, favour the cause it purports to support.
"The book should be required reading for every high school, college, and university student. It explains wind energy, and its limitations and environmental insults, in easily understood terms. It explains why wind will never provide a significant, reliable source of electricity."
Glen Schleede - former US Presidential adviser on energy, and one of the leading worldwide analysts and commentators on wind power.
Available HERE from Amazon
"The book should be required reading for every high school, college, and university student. It explains wind energy, and its limitations and environmental insults, in easily understood terms. It explains why wind will never provide a significant, reliable source of electricity."
Glen Schleede - former US Presidential adviser on energy, and one of the leading worldwide analysts and commentators on wind power.
Available HERE from Amazon
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Derek Birkett
Derek Birkett is the former Grid Control Engineer of Northern Scotland. He has a lifetime of experience in electricity supply throughout Britain and has been involved in the installation and commissioning of several power stations, whether coal-fired, hydro or nuclear, including Dounreay. Lord Walker of Worcester Lord Walker served on all the government cabinets between 1970 and 1990. The posts he held included Secretary of State for the Environment (1970-72) and Secretary of State for Energy (1983-87). Available HERE from Amazon |
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Robert Bryce
is one of America's top energy journalists. His work has appeared in numerous publications ranging from the Wall Street Journal to The Nation A letter written to him in Janaury 2010 On January 25, I got an email from Charlie Porter, a Missouri-based horse trainer. The issue: noise from wind turbines. His emails said that in 2007, a phalanx of wind turbines had been around his family’s farm near King City and that “The overwhelming noise, sleep deprivation, constant headaches, anxiety, etc., etc., etc., forced us to abandon our home/horse farm of 15 years. We had to buy a house in town, away from the turbines and move!” You can visit his website HERE Book Available HERE from Amazon |
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Dr. Nina Pierpont began seeing patients in her clinic suffering from many debilitating symptoms and found a common thread among them: All lived near a new wind farm. Now, she's written a book about the condition.
Details at http://www.windturbinesyndrome.com/?p=5116 Available HERE at Amazon |
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"A stunning and beautiful creation.
A wise guide that threads us back to a place we have forgotten." William P. Sisler, Director, Harvard University Press BUY THE BOOK HERE |
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Canadian Documentary
October 2nd 2010 ~ The new Canadian film, Windfall, is acclaimed as a "tremendously important documentary, an outstanding piece of independent journalism."
- The film is being shown at the Toronto Film Festival. The Director says:
- "I went on the internet and realized, 'Wind energy is not what I thought.' I was editing at a place where a guy was doing a tv segment on it as part of green. I told him he should do more research, and he started yelling at me: 'Do you want a nuclear plant?' I realized it was a touchy subject. I became suspicious and thought I would look further.
... a study of a small rural community torn asunder as it is of the pros and cons of the massive turbines which energy salesmen were pitching to the locals. Stop-motion animator Dean Modino brings alive maps, photographs, and, building up over the course of the film's running time, the wind turbines themselves, already cinematic by design. As one relative newcomer to Meredith says,
- "These are not the 50' windmills of Don Quixote. These are 400' high."
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