Politicians…routinely distort the cost-benefit analysis of choosing wind over another energy source. They’ve propped up wind with subsidies and been dishonest and deceptive about the environmental costs of wind. Eagle deaths are one cost; excessive land use is another … Given the time and history behind us since the first Earth Day in 1970, it’s fair to ask what the opportunity cost has been for the dire predictions of catastrophe that never materialized, versus the time and effort that could have been spent addressing genuine challenges Kent Lassman, president of the Competitive Enterprise Institute, a think tank devoted to economic freedom, suggests that it’s high time to retire Earth Day ‘Its history is littered with slogans, speeches and grand pronouncements—but not with many environmental improvements,’ Lassman writes in an op-ed published by The Tribune-Democrat in Johnstown, Pennsylvania. ‘Each year Earth Day gets its share of pageantry and more than a little propaganda. It’s time to let it rest.'