Thank you Max, a powerful and well researched rebuttal of the wind industry and its advocates like Chapman.

Big oil, big gas, big wind; all corporate entities are capable of being bullies and liars. The crucial difference between the big fossils and big wind is at least the fossils have a energy source which works.

And that is the salt in the wound; all this misery, environmental vandalism [the loss of bird life from the wind monsters is another hidden offence] and misuse of resources caused by the wind industry and the damn things are not worth 2 bob.

The renewable industry and wind in particular, is crying out for a class action.

The wind is free, sustainable and so so good and we should have more of my taxes given to wind companies? A local wind generator is large and alongside a hotel but is hardly ever working so what is the point of that?
Some noises, like a compressor about a kilometre from my house, really just annoys people without harming them.
Now the eco-warriors are turning on each other lol. Yes one lot telling me they are helping the enviroment with my money and another lot trying to stop them again with my money.
Subsidies only ever make things worse in the long run as evidenced in this case.If wind is so good it does not need my money.
When people say the coal and oil get billions of tax money subsidy a bit of an explanation is needed because I do not know how that is?

JBowyer; the idea that the fossils get huge subsidies is like every aspect of the AGW and renewable energy scams, a lie:

http://rwdb.blogspot.com.au/2011/03/australian-conservation-foundations.html

This is to be compared with the REAL subsidies the renewables get because if they were not subsidised they would not exist since they do not produce a useable product.

It is amazing the renewables get away with this deceit but I guess a compliant MSM is the reason why.

Thank you Cohenite for the link. I have copied and will now know what the rebuttal should be.

This has all the hallmarks of the tobacco industry defence about it. A good link Cohenite, thanks, and like JBowyer, I too am heartily sick of my hard earned dollars being poured into subsidies for a product that doesn't deliver what it claims. There is enough evidence around for the difference between 'rated' and 'actual' power output to warrant an investigation in itself.
The SA Liberal opposition, soon to be in government, has, as an energy policy, the introduction of voluntary 'smart metres' as a policy response to power price increases. What a Joke!. Meanwhile, a new (huge) wind farm development has recently been approved.... Where do I vote now?

The wind is free,
JBowyer,
You reckon ? Just wait till there are taxes on windpower equipment.