{"id":1460,"date":"2005-07-19T00:15:00","date_gmt":"2005-07-19T00:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sustainablog.greenoptions.com\/2005\/07\/19\/rucios-back-at-grist\/"},"modified":"2005-07-19T00:15:00","modified_gmt":"2005-07-19T00:15:00","slug":"rucios-back-at-grist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/rucios-back-at-grist\/","title":{"rendered":"Rucio’s Back at Grist…"},"content":{"rendered":"
Our old friend Eric Rosenbloom<\/a> is back, this time asking Grist’s Umbra<\/a> a question he raised here<\/a>: “Can you cite an example of actual reduction of fossil- and nuclear-fuel use brought about by existing wind farms on a general grid?” In all fairness to Eric, he does bring up conservation as a potential alternative to wind power, and I don’t think he’s a right-wing, anti-environmental troll as some might assume — hell, I’ll even say he’s raised some legitimate questions about wind power, though I think he often assumes a worst-case scenario. Umbra’s answer is much more detailed than mine was all those months ago… stay tuned at Gristmill<\/a>, as I wouldn’t be surprised to see Rucio join in the fray there…<\/p>\n Of course, I’m writing as if Eric’s no longer with us — am I wrong, Eric??<\/p>\n Technorati tags: wind power<\/a>, criticism<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Our old friend Eric Rosenbloom is back, this time asking Grist’s Umbra a question he raised here: “Can you cite an example of actual reduction of fossil- and nuclear-fuel use [ … ]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":56,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n