Although wind energy had a long history in the United States, by
the 1960s it appeared that wind energy was no longer relevant.
At that time fossil fuels were cheap and plentiful and nuclear
power was “too cheap to meter”. Unnoticed by many, however, the
seeds for wind energy’s renaissance were already germinating.
As of 1956, M. K. Hubbert was already predicting that oil’s days
were numbered. With the publication of Rachel Carson’s book Silent
Spring in 1962 many people became aware of the environmental
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