I know exactly what happened in Denmark at the start of the industry, as i was a guest of the first modern Danish turbine designer.  I sat at dinner tonight with one (northern European) who also watched the industry's birth, and he strongly confirmed my statement.  I've been stunned as dozens of Danish pioneers welcomed those whose purchases gave Denmark a new industry, and when i was last at the Risoe unannounced, dozens of staff came to the room to express their thanks and hear the latest.

And i absolutely stand by the statement that we couldn't today be selling around the world brand new 90 meter turbine designs as having a 20 year life, without the fact that the 15 meter Altamont turbines have already done that and more.

For him to attack someone who built some of the projects he's trashing as garbage, who doesn't seem to know anything about the 12 year effort to replace those machines, is akin to sacrilege.  That ancient garbage provided in a few years the engineering data which allowed an infant industry to develope, mature and expand to what it is today.  Without that data, including critical loads data, there would be no wind industry today.

And about the birds... when people are dying and more millions each year are at risk, what can one say?

"Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage." - Anaïs Nin