On Sun, 27 Sep 2009 23:53:03 +0100, Paul Martin wrote:

Subsidising wind power is distorting the market.

Any subsidies distort the market but having said that letting the
market decide can be equally bad in the long run as the result is
then more down to who can spend the most on marketing rather than
what is actually a good product.

It's a political move that smacks of the short term thinking that is
endemic in high level decisions these days.

Hopefully the near crisis that occured last winter may have actually
given those in charge a big kick up the backside to look a little bit
further than the next election.

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Cheers
Dave.