About those windmills in England

From the UK Telegraph:

England not windy enough, admits wind industry chief
England is not windy enough to justify building any more onshore wind turbines, the chief executive of wind industry trade body has admitted.

Hugh McNeal, who joined RenewableUK two months ago from the Department of Energy and Climate Change, insisted the industry could make the case for more onshore turbines in some parts of the UK, despite the withdrawal of subsidies.

But he said this would “almost certainly” not be in England, as the wind speeds were not high enough to make the projects economically viable without subsidy.

Emphasis mine - now we are getting to the heart of the matter. These large projects are energy sinkholes and when construction and maintenence is figured in, are net energy losses - they generate zero net power. Those subsidies are coming from government collected taxes and your electric bills. Since the government does not make any money to speak of, these dollars (or Europs in this case) are yours and my tax dollars. Money out of our pockets.

For more and the windmills dirty little secret, check this out: Windpower's dirty little secret