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I've never seen, in one place, the 10 myths about wind concisively deconstructed, and exposed as myths with no relation to the truth.

I don't know that there are 10, but in the meme world these types of top ten lists do get some traction. The explanations of why they are myths will have to be short and easy to understand, but with scientific citations and evidence. 200 words max.

Now, I don't track the wind industry, except what I read here, so my suggestions for which myths will be deconstructed in the top 10 list will be only averagely informed.

  1. Birds are killed and migration routes disturbed
  2. They are noisy
  3. They are ugly and destroy the landscape
  4. Wind energy can't be stored
  5. Radar is dangerously affected
  6. The electricity they produce is too expensive
  7. The best wind is too far from the grid
  8. Inefficient
  9. Cause health problems locally
  10. Danger to shipping

Add your suggestions for myths to be debunked. Perhaps there might be something worth doing here? Or am I just out of the loop?

You can't be me, I'm taken
by Sven Triloqvist on Thu Sep 23rd, 2010 at 02:24:35 PM EST

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