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Dutch fall out of love with windmills

Dutch fall out of love with windmills. “Faced with the need to cut its budget deficit, the Dutch government says offshore wind power is too expensive and that it cannot afford to subsidize the entire cost of 18 cents per kilowatt hour — some 4.5 billion euros last year.” On-shore windmills face fierce local opposition – the NIMBY syndrome. But outside of those minor drawbacks, things are going really, really mediocre.

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The Obumbly Obomster says:

November 21, 2011 at 2:43 pm

I wouldn't mind having a nuclear reactor in my back yard...
- danybhoy says:
  
  November 21, 2011 at 6:12 pm
  
  I love nukes, I love coal, & I love oil. It helps me, & billions of others to live better lives. These things keep me warm in the winter, they keep me cool in the summer, & help me get from place to place to place. No fake green energy project does that for me, or anyone else.
Ruben says:

November 21, 2011 at 1:29 pm

That's alright... we still have the Occupy movement to tilt at them.