The industrial wind energy industry and its participants willfully persuade the public and governments using incomplete and misleading claims of energy, economic and environmental benefit. By these claims they attract public funding far beyond the free market value of their product. Without heavy reliance on our tax dollars, the business of industrializing rural America with wind turbines could not thrive, for its energy contribution is, at once untimely, expensive and insignificant to the needs of modern society.

"The wind, as a direct motive power, is wholly inapplicable to a system of machine labour, for during a calm season the whole business of the country would be thrown out of gear. Before the era of steamengines, windmills were tried for draining mines; but though they were powerful machines, they were very irregular, so that in a long tract of calm weather the mines were drowned, and all the workmen thrown idle."

William Stanley Jevons, 1865

This web site offers basic arguments and tools to help the wind energy curious arrive at fair conclusions about the technology's past, present and future.

On this web site, the tabs in the left margin are arranged for easy reference. We do suggest, however, studying them in top down order first, then referring back as necessary to solidify your knowledge of each topic. Every page contains references supporting and opposing the position of Save Western Ohio.

Successfully challenging wind energy in your locality involves careful selection and prioritization of both local and universal issues. Save Western Ohio feels that local circumstances will rarely be successful in thwarting wind LLCs. Understanding sound science exposes the limitations and drawbacks of the wind energy endeavor. This is key to convincing your community and your lawmakers that our energy dollars are better spent on dependable, financially sustainable technologies.

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