Terrible news from Germany for the world of anti-wind turbinementalists.
It appears that despite strenuous attempts to decry these serene giants in our landscape as being dangerous to birdies, inefficient on non-windy days and as hideous eyesores on our braw, raw and fatally beautiful land, they've been fiendishly successful.
According to Bloomberg so successful have wind turbines been in Germany that consumers are being paid to keep their lights on. 'Twice this year, the nation’s 21,000 wind turbines pumped out so much power that utilities reduced customer bills for using the surplus electricity.'
I love this, "After years of getting government incentives to install windmills, operators in Europe may have become their own worst enemy, reducing the total price paid for electricity in Germany, Europe’s biggest power market, by as much as €5 billion."
Now implicit in this reporting is the fear for the big energy companies who have been piling into renewable energy opportunities faster, than Jim Murphy's attempts to look at himself in the mirror, is their fear that cheaper energy for the consumer means a drop in their stock market value.
Michty, what a dilemma cheaper fuel for all or less profit for fat cats. Sheesh who knew caring capitalism could be so danged confusing?
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