Mike Barnard has been a deeply interested observer of energy systems for three decades. Following a lengthy discussion with Margaret Atwood and others related to siting of wind turbines in a major birding area in Canada, he became a blogger on energy concerns, focusing on debunking myths about wind energy. Mike works for IBM, where he has had the good fortune to work briefly on Smart Grid projects for IBM’s clients and with IBM Research on energy-systems related efforts, in addition to many other interesting initiatives that IBM is uniquely positioned to undertake. More of Mike’s material on wind energy can be found at http://barnardonwind.wordpress.com/about/, http://www.quora.com/Mike-Barnard/answers/Wind-Energy and http://reneweconomy.com.au/author/mike-barnard.