Comments on: Wind industry looks to Washington for updraft

Wind industry executives say a national renewable electricity standard will help, though not ensure, that wind energy contributes a significant share of U.S. power generation.

[websterphreaky]

The forever BOGUS Wind Industry has always been a SHAM! I lived 10 miles from the biggest Wind Farm near the Altimont Pass between Tracy and Livermore California. It was NOTHING BUT A TAX HAVEN Dodge for investors because it ALWAYS LOST MONEY!

But equally BOGUS Barry Hussein Obummer with give it that "update" by BLOWING it up OUR TAX PAYERS A$$ES because Obummer is FULL OF HOT AIR!

LOOK at the truth about how LITTLE Wind Generation CAN contribute to Energy Generation!! Holland - a very windy place - has don't NOTHING with it's Wind Farms! PROOF!

[jemiller0]

And you think that other energy like oil, coal, natural gas, and nuclear don't receive help from the government? You are are extremely naive. Does anyone remember all the tax cuts and subsidies Bush gave to the oil companies? The Congress under Republican control was so inept they couldn't even manage to eliminate those. You right wingers really don't have a clue. We need a third party to replace the Republican party. It is now a one party system as the Republicans are so far out in the weeds that they are irrelevant. You're idiotic comments are proof of that.

[startouch]

THIS GUY IS SOOO WRONG !! AND IT IS AN AWSOME SITE TO SEE WE NEED "MORE WIND POWER" .. I USED TO ASK MY DAD TO DRIVE THAT WAY JUST TO SEE THE WIND-MILLS ,THEY REMIND ME OF THE PIN-WHEELS WITH CANDY IN THEM .. THIS GUY IS A "OUT DATED NERD" NOT A "GEEK" !!

[mmichaels]

Used to be if you had a good idea and worked hard you succeeded or failed on your own. Seems the trick to success now is to come up with some sort of "vaporware" or inferior idea, label it "GREEN" and apply for government funding.

[drinkshare]

Actually if you Check NY Times in the past couple days you will see a special article that clearly tells the whole story about natural gas. It's not the economy that is causing the prices to go down, we recently found new sources and that in combination with the economy caused it to go down.

[jkohut]

Natural gas prices are down for now. They WILL go up. As will coal and other fossil fuels as we continue to need to clean up the emissions. Wind, Solar, Hydro, etc... should be used where available to augment the coal and Natural gas plants (and when production of alternate energy allows, we can reduce dependency on Fossil fuels). Alternate fuels will not totaly eliminate Fossil fuels (eventually Nuclear might, but not for quite some time), but just because we cannot go entirely to alternative fuels does not mean that we should not use them.
And to the person claiming that Holland is not doing anything with wind, this link shows you are wrong. Northern indiana is putting in wind farms as are other places.
http://www.cbs.nl/en-GB/menu/themas/industrie-energie/publicaties/artikelen/archief/2009/2009-2768-wm.htm

[dbargen]

"...will require more transmission lines and an extension to the tax credit for wind developers..."

In other words, with its current state, wind power is in no way financially feasible option as a means of energy production. Period.

(Not to mention reasonable or practical.)

The U.S. is the Saudi Arabia of coal- we've got TONS of it- plenty to meet the needs of our country for centuries. The problem is, states like CA block the further development of coal power plants, so you have issues like brown outs and black outs. It really is the most affordable means of electricity production for the vast majority of our country.

If, like the citizens of my state, people balk at the price (added to their energy bills) of putting up a nuclear power plant, which has proven to be a much cleaner and efficient means of production, and is a stable, steady source of power required for a modern power grid, there's no way people want to pay and make their children and grandchildren pay the 'wind tax' to subsidize an unproven, intermittent source like wind.

Sorry folks, but wind energy production was a very poor investment. For you guys, all it amounts to is misad-venture capital. But hey, if people who have Crystler debt in their portfolio can be forced to take a hit down to 20 cents on the dollar, why can't you?

[jemiller0]

Let me guess, you work in the nuclear industry? Does your company pay you for this? As if the nuclear industry hasn't recieved **** loads of subsidies. Nothing like a bunch of corporate shills filling the message boards.

[ranpha]

@jemiller0

Let me guess, you work in the wind industry? Does your company pay you for this? As if the wind industry hasn't recieved **** loads of subsidies. Nothing like a bunch of corporate shills filling the message boards.

Hahahaha.

[startouch]

AHH YEAH LETS SUPPORT SAUDI ARABIA ? AND ANOTHER 9/11 ---GREAT !!!! HOW STUPID ARE YOU ??? WAKE UP COAL-MAN !!! OR BETTER YET MOVE OVER THERE !!
IM NOT ANTI NUCLEAR BUT WE NEED A SAFER SOLUTION LIKE WIND AND SOLAR !! SPAIN IS DOING A GOOD JOB !!

[martin_c_e]

Wind is not the only solution, but part of it. Texas is increasing transmission lines from the panhandle and far west to the population centers. Other states are doing similar things, such as Iowa.
Wind investment is capital intensive as any utility project is and will pay dividends. I do have investments in alternative energy companies thru an ETF and it actually pays dividends.