The Green-Jobs Engine That Can’t by Max Schulz, City Journal Winter 2009

Inefficient eco-friendly technologies destroy more jobs than they create.

Wind Watch: A 292-foot mistake

...But now that it’s up and running, it seems clear that both Richey and the city failed to fully investigate the potential impact of the 292-foot-high turbine on the Back Bay neighborhood. And it’s the residents of that neighborhood who are going to pay for that mistake.

This week, more than a dozen homeowners turned out for the City Council meeting to explain what it’s like to live next door to the huge, high-tech windmill that is so dramatically out of scale with everything surrounding it. Some described an incessant hum from the generator; others talked about a continual whooshing sound created as the blades cut through the air. In the afternoons, residents say their homes are hit with a shadow and light flicker; in the evenings, some catch a red strobe-light effect in their windows. Some say they have trouble sleeping and one resident reported that the turbine interrupts his television reception.

Kudlow: Obama Declares War on Investors, Entrepreneurs, Businesses, And More

And as far as middle-class tax cuts are concerned, Obama’s cap-and-trade program will be a huge across-the-board tax increase on blue-collar workers, including unionized workers. Industrial production is plunging, but new carbon taxes will prevent production from ever recovering. While the country wants more fuel and power, cap-and-trade will deliver less.