Speaker outlines wind power 'myths'

Speaker outlines wind power 'myths' [National Wind Watch]

On foreign oil use, Mr. Boone cited a Rocky Mountain Institute study that said only 3 percent of oil use in the United States goes to electricity production. And of that, five-sixths comes from useless byproducts of the refining process.

So oil is not a competitor for wind energy.

Wind energy, especially onshore in the eastern U.S., does not produce close to its rated capacity. The turbines produce the most during winter nights and the least during summer afternoons, when demand is highest.

“It’s out of whack seasonally and during the day,” Mr. Boone said.