This is the English version of the Dutch WEBsite: http://www.wind-energie-halkema.org
In order to make a fair judgment on the possible usefulness of windturbines for the production of "clean electricity" (energy generated by wind, as a major source of green renewable energy,), one should only use arguments based on reality. Biased statements based on the concerns of windturbines makers or on political motivations ought to be refrained, as they are suspect beforehand.
Apart from being rational, the arguments used in a debate should also be underpinned by number. No disadvantages of the use of wind turbines should be concealed. The following story is a discussion on the main questions that play a role when appraising wind turbines: which are their characteristics, the benefits and their serious disadvantages which are unfortunately often purposefully hidden.
In the preceding First Part, I explained virtually all the characteristics and the risks of windturbines (and windfarms) and the essential information being withheld elsewhere, enough for the reader to make a fair judgment. This Second Part deals on a more profound level with the business risks of windturbines. It also focuses on deceptive methods used to encourage the public to believe in the usefulness of windenergy. Some government bodies play a poor role here by encouraging the informing agents, or at least by not discouraging them, to disseminate information that windenergy has hardly any disadvantages.
J.A.Halkema MSEE