Idaho Council on Industry and Environment 10/6/2011
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Tauna Christensen Energy Integrity Project October 6, 2011
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Transcript of Idaho Council on Industry and Environment 10/6/2011
Tauna Christensen
Energy Integrity Project
October 6, 2011
Can there be too much wind energy?
Answer: Yes.
Summary
• Politics over Science: how we got here • The fallacy of “green jobs” • Subsidies skew the market
• What is the “value” of wind energy?
• The most important equation to remember
Mainly due to the fact that policymakers never required a Scientific assessment of wind energy…
we are now paying for an electrical power supply that is
HIGH COST AND LOW BENEFIT