This X post by James Melville highlights a documentary titled “BLOWN AWAY: Exposing the Wind Scam,” produced by Cortes Investigates, which argues that wind turbines are an expensive and inefficient scam.
“BLOWN AWAY: Exposing the Wind Scam.”
— James Melville 🚜 (@JamesMelville) June 16, 2025
This documentary, produced by Cortes Investigates, shows how the collosal wind turbines are “one gigantic, expensive scam”.
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The documentary’s release coincides with ongoing debates about renewable energy costs and efficacy, intensified by a 2025 report from the International Energy Agency indicating that wind power’s intermittency and high maintenance costs are undermining its viability compared to other energy sources.
Recent global energy market shifts, including a 2024 surge in natural gas prices due to geopolitical tensions, have reignited discussions about the reliability of wind energy, as highlighted in a June 2025 analysis by BloombergNEF.
The thread’s focus on wind turbines as a “scam” aligns with a growing 2025 movement among some policymakers and energy experts advocating for a reevaluation of renewable energy subsidies, prompted by a scandal involving mismanaged wind farm projects in Europe reported by The Guardian in May 2025.
Environmental concerns about wind turbines, such as their impact on wildlife and landscape, have been amplified by a 2025 study published in Nature, which found significant ecological damage from turbine installations, adding to the documentary’s critique.
This is Ivanpah, a solar power facility in the Mojave Desert. Fifteen years ago they got a $1.6 billion loan from the Department of Energy. Now 11 years later, the facility is closing. pic.twitter.com/Mky4KRgPPK
— 🗡️🛡️Sir Rickster🛡️🗡️ (@Rickster_75) May 2, 2025
This is the steel used in the base of a wind turbine. To complete it you still have to add between 600 and 800 cubic metres of concrete, which is a weight of nearly 2000 tons. Once the wind turbine is dismantled, this base will forever be buried in the ground. Wind is not Green. pic.twitter.com/M2DPhrKplD
— Dubhghall (@macnahgalla) October 2, 2024