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The Problems with Building Wind Farms

The LRB Podcast

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Wind Farms Are the Ultimate Symbols of Globalism

It is a less labor intensive business yes and you do also wonder that I think there's also the question of who's in charge. Siemens the company that's installing these towers has a base in Hull for its North Sea installations. When the components are shipped in they never really enter Britain. They're in this customs duty free area so they're completely outside the ambit of customs or anything like that. So they are in a way the ultimate symbols of globalism.

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