Increasing the generation of electricity using renewables seems to make a lot of sense nowadays, given the complicity of greenhouse gase emissions in Climate Change. Wind power is one of the easiest technologies to understand when it comes to renewable energy: it's as simple as the wind blowing. But the wind doesn't blow all the time, so one solution is to have natural gas-fired combustion turbines ready to come on-line on those usually hot, lazy days when the wind doesn't blow. It follows that the more wind turbines in use, the greater the need for natural gas-fired turbines as a power system back-up to keep the electrons flowing. So it's not too surprising that some of the biggest backers of Wind power would seem to be those with huge interests in natural gas.

Wall Street Journal; September 11, 2008

Submitted by R. Campbell