‘Free as the Wind’: The True Cost of Wind Energy

As it turns out, Bodhi the Magic Unicorn lives in a lake filled with carcinogenic sludge.

By: Steve Maley (Diary) | November 16th, 2013

Green activists preach about renewable energy sources, using words like ‘holistic’ and ‘sustainable’. Wind energy is one of their favorites; nothing is as free as the wind, n’est-ce pas?  If we truly consider the holistic environmental impact of wind turbines on the environment and the economy, it’s not a pretty picture. Nor is it sustainable.

We’ve previously looked at the reliance of giant wind turbines on rare earth minerals such as neodymium (for example, here and here). Most of the world’s supply of those minerals comes from China. In a new report, the Daily Mail (UK) takes a close look at the state of environmental stewardship in the People’s Republic’s rare earth mining industry.   In China, the true cost of Britain’s clean, green wind power experiment: Pollution on a disastrous scale

The reality is that, as Britain flaunts its environmental credentials and unspoiled moors and mountains with thousands of wind turbines, it is contributing to a vast man-made lake of poison in northern China. This is the deadly and sinister side of the massively profitable rare-earths industry that the ‘green’ companies profiting from the demand for wind turbines would prefer you knew nothing about......The notion that wind energy is as “free as the wind” encapsulates the fundamental conceit of the green energy movement and the politicians who sustain it.......To Read More.....