Your points are valid, and I'll drink a toast to wind any day. Of course, to really make it zoom, you'd have to figure out how to make a weapon out of it. And, of course, you'd have to figure out how to create giant boondoggles for the cronies of the ministers who give or need campaign money to get elected.

I object to only pointing out that it is irresponsible bankers and financiers who are truly evil since there are so many other enablers...including irresponsible consumers.

I wonder: Suppose we define a banker as someone who facilitates the saving and exploitation of saved money in a manner that benefits the short and long-term community requirements. Now, if there are instead those who are called bankers who instead shenanigan the system such that every few years (after the previous shenanigan gets patched up) a new fix is required...are these putzes really bankers and financiers at all, or just crooks and incompetents in positions above their skill?

Never underestimate their intelligence, always underestimate their knowledge.

Frank Delaney ~ Ireland

Two minor niggles:

1. 
   Is the comparison with installed capacity completely fair? Each MW of nuclear power will produce more energy than a MW of wind. I don't have the numbers here but I wouldn't expect that you would not get more than 2.5TWh out of 1GW of wind power, but it should be possible to get more than 5TWh out of the same installed capacity of nuclear. Of course, given the growth rate of wind power that would only mean that you would have to wait another 3-4 years and then make the comparison again.
   


2. 
   They somehow forgot solar energy (in practice PV). According to EPIA
   the installed PV capacity in Europe at the end of 2007 was 4500MW, with 1500MW installed in 2007, which is more than the "other" category in the graphs. It's not nearly as much as wind (yet), but it should at least be visible on the graphs. Admittedly, PV gives an even lower output per installed GW, at 1-2TWh/year depending on location.
   

Real capricorns don't believe in astrology.