Mostly I would call windmills, as currently done, substantially a mistake. From what I understand, in addition to other problems, the blades only last a few decades and then CANNOT be repaired NOR RECYCLED.
IOW, a boondoggle. Non boogdoggles?
1.0 A properly built, south facing troumbe wall
2.0 a planned excavation more than 5 feet under ground to take advantage of geothermal temperatures being 50 degrees
3.0 excellent insulation in a structure built to last 100+ years.
4.0 Reuse of greywater in a drought area.
All of those things PAY you to install them, and have paid since the 1970s. Windpower *can* make sense, but often doesn't.
Can you name some other good & intelligent incentives? PV didn't make any sense for most situations until recently. So I regard PV research as *finally* paying off.
But mostly what I am speaking of are things such as above, which made sense even in the 1970s, but required some extra money be spent at the time of construction to be recouped over decades.
IMO ONE OF THE BIGGEST PROBLEMS WITH CURRENT "CAPITALISM" IS THAT TOO OFTEN IT Externalizes /SOCIALIZES COSTS WHILE PRIVATIZING PROFITS. That is not really capitalizm. Forcing someone else to pay the price for harm YOU do isn't capitalism because it encourages corruption at a judicial/government level.
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