A war of words over wind in Australia

摘要

Vaurice Newman, the 75-year-old former chairman of the Australian Stock Exchange, believes human-caused climate change is a scientific delusion and a myth, dismissing the science behind it as a religion. You might not be surprised to hear that he hates wind power. Two years ago, in an article for right-wing political magazine The Spectator Australia, Newman said of wind turbines: "They fail on all counts. They are grossly inefficient, extremely expensive, socially inequitable, a danger to human health, environmentally harmful, divisive for communities, a blot on the landscape, and don't even achieve the purpose for which they were designed, namely the reliable generation of electricity and the reduction of CO2 emissions." It is fair to say that he has not modified his views since.