And not only the financial cost - also the environmental. I am certainly no physicist, but in the great school of life I have learned that there is no such thing as a free breakfast!
I have a 6 turbine wind farm 500 yards away. There are five or six monster farms within a few miles of here. They are an eye sore. And noisy. Over the years i have watched these being built. The huge amount of energy that must have gone in to their manufacture, transport and erection, plus the cost of the road and pylon infrastructure, must surely outweigh any benefits? Add to that maintenance costs. And by the time (if they ever do) they have paid for themselves they are falling apart and need replacing.
And, I understand, the farmers do very nicely out of annual way-leave payments.
Just my humble opinion.
