The Wind Turbine Lie Comes Apart Gloucester’s wind turbines never produced what politicians promised. Not even close.

News out of Gloucester is that the city’s remaining wind turbines are being “retired.” Finally—thank God.

I stood with many others who fought bringing these turbines to Gloucester, and we were right.

From the beginning, we warned they would not produce the energy politicians promised. The projections were inflated, the assumptions were fantasy, and the output never came close to what the public was sold.

Because the energy never materialized, the savings never did either. We warned that maintenance costs would overwhelm any benefit—and they did. Ask yourself a simple question: have your energy bills gone down since those turbines went up? Of course not. They’ve gone up—dramatically.

Nationwide, onshore wind turbines average about a 30% capacity factor—meaning they produce less than one-third of their advertised maximum output. Yet communities are sold these projects as if the power is steady, reliable, and capable of justifying the cost. It never was.

We also warned that these massive industrial towers didn’t belong in a beautiful, historic waterfront city. They scarred Gloucester’s skyline. We warned they would leak oil. We warned they would fail mechanically. That’s exactly what happened.

And none of this was hard to predict. These failures had already happened all over the country. But facts, data, and results mean nothing to left-wing politicians. They convince themselves they’re “saving the planet,” even as they actively degrade the community they claim to care about.

Just look at Good Harbor Beach.

A third of one of the most beautiful beaches in New England has been fenced off in the name of plover protection. Three years ago, residents were told this operation saved three eggs. Three. Since then, more of the beach has been taken—and officials refuse to share any updated data with the public.

Instead, we get enforcement.

Self-appointed monitors patrol the beach covered head to toe in full sun-protection gear, binoculars in hand, standing guard like it’s a military exclusion zone. The Karens lead the charge, scanning the sand for violations, with their low-T beta-male husbands tagging along to make sure no one dares step into the plover-protected zone. This is what passes for environmental policy in Gloucester now. Complete nonsense.

Same mindset. Same playbook. Ideology first—consequences last.

Then reality intervened in the most dramatic way possible: one turbine lost a massive blade. By sheer luck, no one was killed. Nearby residents lived with relentless noise and disruption while politicians kept calling this disaster “progress.”

And Gloucester isn’t unique. Look at Cape Wind—years of hype, millions wasted, nothing to show for it. Across the country, wind projects are being retired early because the math never worked and the risks were always downplayed.

Wind isn’t the answer to our energy needs. It’s a boondoggle that enriches manufacturers, developers, and green consultants while communities absorb the cost, the damage, and the danger. These turbines may now be “retired”—let’s hope they’re taken down as soon as possible.

Until ideology stops outweighing results at the ballot box, Gloucester should expect more failures like this—just wrapped in new slogans and sold by the same people.