 This was in part due to slower wind speeds last year, an obvious flaw of wind power. But lawmakers continue to throw money at the industry as the federal government spent nearly $19 billion on subsidies for wind power from 2016 to 2022. Paige Lambermont is with the Competitive Enterprise Institute. Companies will still provide energy in a free open market where there's no one subsidizing their preferred technologies. And I think actually you would see the technologies that do provide better base load power are