On Sunday, October 13, 2013 1:45:25 PM UTC-6, Tom Kelley #711 wrote:
On Sunday, October 13, 2013 12:41:37 PM UTC-6, Dave Nadler wrote:

Karl, as a long-time WSJ reader, can you comment on Friday's editorial on windmills killing raptors ?



Whats so hard to understand on this? Its simply about death and taxes.



"There are two scandals here. First, wind turbines are killing legally protected eagles in the name of slowing climate change, but whatever reductions in carbon-dioxide emissions that may be occurring is equivalent to a baby's burp in a hurricane.



Second, the wind-energy industry is lobbying to extend a production tax credit—the 2.2 cent-per-kilowatt-hour subsidy that has fueled the turbine-building craze over the past few years. Last year the subsidy was extended for one year, at a cost to taxpayers of $12 billion. Another one-year extension will cost an additional $6.1 billion, according to a recent estimate by the congressional Joint Tax Committee."

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000...830782406.html