idaho council on industry and environment 10/6/2011

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Tauna Christensen

Energy Integrity Project

October 6, 2011

Can there be too much wind energy?

Answer: Yes.

Summary

• Politics over Science: how we got here • The fallacy of “green jobs” • Subsidies skew the market

• What is the “value” of wind energy?

• The most important equation to remember

Mainly due to the fact that policymakers never required a Scientific assessment of wind energy…

we are now paying for an electrical power supply that is

HIGH COST AND LOW BENEFIT

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