If your 16-year-old newly licensed son came up to you and said, “Hey Dad, I just bought a 2011 Bentley Continental GT!” and he attempted to reassure you by saying “Don’t worry, we’ll get our money’s worth out of it. I will drive it to work every day, loan it to my friends and park it out on the street year-round. It may only get 9 mpg and if it needs to be repaired the parts won’t likely be affordable or readily accessible but you really don’t have anything to worry about because I put it on your credit card!” you would then be facing a similar reality that American taxpayers are currently living with in regards to wind power projects subsidized by the US government.