subsidies
subsidizing a new industry is generally a good thing. but you need to be smart about it. lest it become a bad thing. how do you know when a good thing becomes a bad thing? heh. when there are so many windmills in oregon that they're producing more power than the grid can handle. and presumably, consumers can consume. when there are windmills in texas that charge a negative rate for power. that's right. they pay people to take their power. as if electricity was garbage, a waste product. presumably this is because the subsidy far exceeds their operating costs. you could make a profit "buying" power from such a windmill and using it to run a giant electric heater. i think those examples qualify as fairly compelling evidence that the subsidy for wind power is too generous. to say the least.