Finally, an explanation for why it was in Simmons Flashback that Peak Oil made windmills not work

[james_davis_nicoll]

“Now, to add insult to injury, The University of Maine, Presque Isle – anybody here been up there to see that damn windmill in the back yard? Guess what, if it’s not blowing wind outside and they have somebody visiting the campus, they have a little electric motor that turns the blades. I’m serious. They have an electric motor so that they can show people wind power works. Unbelievable. And that’s the government that you have here in the state of Maine,” said LePage.

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[mmcirvin.livejournal.com]

I suspect that some people may be confusing an argument about energy or carbon with an argument about money. At the current moment, in the United States, it's really hard to beat natural gas for cost, environmental issues aside.