Windmills are an expensive fad
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That's just the tip of the iceberg. Don't forget all the site preparation, the massive concrete foundations, the asphalt or concrete roads to get to the pads, the massive amount of steel used to construct power transmission towers etc.
Then to top it all off, the windmills are the greatest killers of endangered birds; eagles, hawks, owls, etc.
Such a feel good green project--for the idiots who are easily brainwashed. This is another giant money transfer scheme under the guise of "SAVING THE PLANET".
Half the time they sit idle
They sit idle when there is no wind, and when there is too much wind. What at great design.
NO They are broken and in need of repairs half the time...
I'll see half a dozen turning. The rest stopped? Wind wasn't too high for the half dozen, why not run them all?
Yes, excellent question! If the goal is to use the wind to produce power, then why aren’t they all spinning all the time whenever there is wind.
Not to mention the 80 gallons of gearbox oil per turbine that needs to be changed yearly.
https://www.webnews21.org/how-much-oil-does-a-wind-turbine-use/
Absolutely correct fren. Those eyesores have decimated bird populations in Ca as well as other places, Now it seems no one wants to talk about it. Environmental laws to protect endangered species impacted businesses and private land owners for decades. Windmill farms and other green energy endeavors somehow get a pass and environmental concerns are ignored and the projects are fast tracked.
These projects get huge infusions of cash to get up and running - mostly subsidized with taxpayer money. But, very little money is there for maintenance. So, there are farms in disrepair with broken and idle windmills - which is good news for the birds. Windmills require upkeep. But, these geniuses grossly underestimated those costs. The average costs for maintenance can be just shy of $50K per year, per windmill. I wonder how many of those parts have to come from China? Then there is the cost of decommissioning a windmill once it reaches the end of its life. The costs of decommissioning a windmill can range from $250K to $500K each. Now do the math with an entire farm and you can easily see why there are farms with non functioning windmills that litter the landscape. Talk about being sold a load of bull crap.
Europe has had to face that reality recently because many of their windmills have hit their expiration much earlier than the 20 to 25 years that was first predicted. This reality is hitting them in the face while in the midst of economic challenges and fuel shortages. I wonder how many of the draconian measures that parts of Europe are trying to implement are simply due to the fact that they screwed up.
The green Nazis here in the States are trying to push us into the same situation - not only with wind, but also solar. The efficiency of the Chinese solar panels starts to drop off much quicker than what people were told. As with wind, solar also shows consistently that over time, the reality does not line up with the expectations. All of the cost/benefit calculations at that point are useless. There are municipalities and private enterprises, that after spending millions to go green, have had to go back onto the grid because the efficiency of their green energy production has decreased within a couple of years. They try to sue the green energy companies only to find out they no longer exist. What a racket.
You NAILED IT!
People's inability to see what is right in front of their faces astounds me. Even with just a couple of functioning brain cells, it is apparent that all this green energy crap is a scam, and at worse, a religious cult. But because people are generally lazy and don't want to take the time to do ANY homework, they would much rather live the matrix and virtue signal in order to belong to the cult. It may sound horrible, but sometimes I wonder if the vaxxine holocaust in the end may actually be a blessing in disguise when you consider who the vaxxinated are.
The Great Awakening is supposed to wake up those who have been spoon fed what to believe for years. They are victims of the public school system, and the University System who all spew the same Communist ideology. There will always be the 6-8% who refuse to believe the truth when it is right in front of them. Those who have been brainwashed into taking the clotshot will be truly regretful and the most angry.
Dirt road here
Yes, it creates high and low pressure zones, birds that inhale high pressure and enter low pressure the air expands and pops their lungs.