Dear Ms. Lavelle,
Thanks for your October 26, 2007, story, "Getting a Second Wind; Bigger blades boos offshore potential." Unfortunately, you were a bit "taken in" by GE's VP for renewables.
For future reference, you should be aware that President Bush did NOT state that wind could supply 20% of US electricity.
That statement is just one more of the many false and misleading statements made by wind industry and U.S. DOE officials. I looked into the claims in some detail and demonstrated in the paper shown below that the claim is not only false, it's also totally unrealistic.
If you do other stories on wind energy, I'd suggest catching up with the facts about wind energy that have been uncovered during the past 3 years -- which facts demonstrate clearly that wind energy advocates have greatly overstated its environmental, energy and economic benefits and greatly understated the adverse impacts. You should consider spending some time with documentation that you can find at www.wind-watch.org and www.windaction.org.
Good luck.
Glenn R. Schleede
18220 Turnberry Drive
Round Hill, VA 20141-2574
540-338-9958
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