Not on the way out There was a recent letter to The Times Argus
on how a number of European countries had stopped subsidizing
wind power and were even dismantling installations. Germany and
Spain were among the countries the writer listed. I found that
very curious, since on recent trips to Germany and Spain, we saw
many hundreds of wind turbines in fields and on ridgelines, and
even quaint little German villages with their red-tiled roofs
sported solar panels on nearly every house. Spain ranks second
in producing electricity from wind. Generous government
subsidies led to overproduction of wind farms, and they have
more power than they can consume or sell. The Spanish government
is now taxing power production more heavily in an effort to slow
it down. The U.S. does not have this problem. Germans are
phasing out their nuclear plants and have accelerated the
process since Fukushima. Over 25 percent of the nationís
electricity is now generated by renewable resources. Environment
minister Peter Altmaier recently