{"id":22972,"date":"2012-09-05T16:26:37","date_gmt":"2012-09-05T20:26:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.windturbinesyndrome.com\/static\/static\/?p=22972"},"modified":"2012-09-05T16:26:37","modified_gmt":"2012-09-05T20:26:37","slug":"vote-should-congress-continue-subsidizing-wind-energy-wall-st-journal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.windturbinesyndrome.com\/static\/2012\/vote-should-congress-continue-subsidizing-wind-energy-wall-st-journal\/","title":{"rendered":"Vote:  &#8220;Should Congress Continue Subsidizing Wind Energy?&#8221; (Wall St. Journal)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pf-content\"><p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-22974 aligncenter\" title=\"This image was not part of the WSJ article\" src=\"https:\/\/www.windturbinesyndrome.com\/static\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/toilet2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"380\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.windturbinesyndrome.com\/static\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/toilet2.jpg 380w, https:\/\/www.windturbinesyndrome.com\/static\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/toilet2-285x300.jpg 285w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 380px) 100vw, 380px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Editor&#8217;s note<\/em>: \u00a0The following is quoted verbatim from the Wall St. Journal:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Federal subsidies have spurred the growth of renewable-energy production in recent years, but many of those subsidies are set to expire soon unless Congress acts.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Supporters say the subsidies will allow renewable technologies to grow enough to become cost-competitive with conventional energy sources\u2014and that their benefits include reduced pollution and decreased dependence on foreign oil.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Critics want to scale back or eliminate the subsidies, arguing that renewable sources have had decades to get established but still aren\u2019t cost-competitive with conventional energy.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Tell us what you think in advance of a special report we\u2019ll be publishing in The Wall Street Journal. We may use some of your comments in print.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Click <a onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/blogs.wsj.com\/ideas-market\/2012\/09\/04\/vote-should-solar-and-wind-power-be-subsidized\/?KEYWORDS=wind+subsidies','','scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,width=1000,height=1000,left='+(screen.availWidth\/2-500)+',top='+(screen.availHeight\/2-500)+'');return false;\" href=\"http:\/\/blogs.wsj.com\/ideas-market\/2012\/09\/04\/vote-should-solar-and-wind-power-be-subsidized\/?KEYWORDS=wind+subsidies\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a> to vote.<\/p>\n<p>The vote currently stands as follows:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-22973 aligncenter\" title=\"Wall St. Journal\" src=\"https:\/\/www.windturbinesyndrome.com\/static\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/chart.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"520\" height=\"251\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.windturbinesyndrome.com\/static\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/chart.jpg 520w, https:\/\/www.windturbinesyndrome.com\/static\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/chart-300x144.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Editor&#8217;s note: \u00a0The following is quoted verbatim from the Wall St. Journal: Federal subsidies have spurred the growth of renewable-energy production in recent years, but many of those subsidies are set to expire soon unless Congress acts. &#8220;Supporters say the subsidies will allow renewable technologies to grow enough to become cost-competitive with conventional energy sources\u2014and that their benefits include reduced pollution and decreased dependence on foreign oil. &#8220;Critics want to scale back or eliminate the subsidies, arguing that renewable sources have had decades to get established but still aren\u2019t cost-competitive with conventional energy. &#8220;Tell us what you think in advance of a special report we\u2019ll be publishing in The Wall Street Journal. We may use some of your comments in print.&#8221; Click here to vote. The vote currently stands as follows: &nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[171,157,16,170,173],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.windturbinesyndrome.com\/static\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22972"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.windturbinesyndrome.com\/static\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.windturbinesyndrome.com\/static\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.windturbinesyndrome.com\/static\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.windturbinesyndrome.com\/static\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22972"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.windturbinesyndrome.com\/static\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22972\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.windturbinesyndrome.com\/static\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22972"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.windturbinesyndrome.com\/static\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22972"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.windturbinesyndrome.com\/static\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22972"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}