Op-Ed on Economies of Wind Power
UMaine economist Gary Hunt contributed to an opinion piece in the Portland Press Herald on the economies of commercial wind development. The piece claimed that media discussions of wind power economics often overemphasize the least important economic aspects, such the short-lived economic stimulus of construction jobs, while distorting the most important aspects, such as the long-term effects of receiving electricity with no fuel costs and no air emissions.
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