The Conservation Report

Wind power could match power supplied by nuclear sources in two decades according to a U.S. Energy Department report. Nonetheless, emotions still run high regarding some wind projects. Last month the Department of the Interior’s Minerals Management Service said it received more than an extraordinary 40,000 comments regarding the future of Cape Wind. A final decision on Cape Wind is due around the end of this year or the beginning of 2009. In other wind news, Friends of the Earth Cymru recently released “a report tackling the myths that are blocking the development of wind power in Wales.” The wind power myths that Friends of the Earth Cymru tackle include:

MYTH 1: Wind energy produces little power
MYTH 2: Wind turbines consume more energy than they generate
MYTH 3: Wind is intermittent and requires backup from polluting power station
MYTH 4: Wind energy is inefficient
MYTH 5: When the wind stops blowing the lights will go out
MYTH 6: Installing wind farms will not shut down conventional power stations
MYTH 7: Wind is being promoted at the expense of other renewable
MYTH 8: Wind power is expensive
MYTH 9: Wind turbines are taking over the countryside
MYTH 10: Wind farms are unpopular
MYTH 11: Wind farms deter tourists
MYTH 12: Wind turbines are noisy
MYTH 13: Wind turbines kill birds
MYTH 14: Wind energy is heavily subsidised
MYTH 15: We oppose wind but other renewable are fine
MYTH 16: Wind turbines can harm humans by catching fire or exploding
MYTH 17: Wind farms harm property prices
MYTH 18: Wind farms harm radio and tv reception
MYTH 19: Wind energy has failed in Denmark and Germany
MYTH 20: We need more energy conservation not wind energy

READ THE REPORT!!!

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