Failure to Launch: The Unfinished Wind Power Revolution

An excerpt from Matthew R. Francis' chapter of Failure to Launch in which he tells the story about how for a little while in the 1920s and 30s, the rural Midwest was run on wind power.

From Iron Circus:

"While history is written by the winners, the full story of humanity is built on the moments when things went completely sideways; the spectacular screw-ups, monumental mistakes, and explosive errors that paved the way for the bright and shiny achievements we normally celebrate."