Posted on 08/28/2016 8:49:29 AM PDT by Sean_Anthony
A dream born by the environmental watermelon religion, green on the outside, red on the inside
I saw the once verdant wheat fields of Eastern Europe covered with ugly wind turbines, slowly spinning their huge blades into the wind. A few funnel dust swirls were blowing the topsoil into the air. They did not appear to be connected to any storage station that would distribute the electrical power generated. I searched and found out that they were really not connected to any network, were not generating usable electricity, they were all for show to placate the “green growth” European bureaucrats who gave them money to install the eyesores instead of growing crops.
Turbines kill birds on a large scale around the world and disturb humans and wildlife. According to Save the Eagles International, “contrary to what we are told, wind farms will cause the extinction of many bird and bat species” because birds are naturally attracted to tall structures.
Texas makes wind power work as 10% of the electricity generated in Texas comes from wind turbines.
“I searched and found out that they were really not connected to any network, were not generating usable electricity, they were all for show to placate the “green growth” European bureaucrats who gave them money to install the eyesores instead of growing crops.”
These giant bird and bat killing, noisemaking eye sores are nothing but vote gathering contraptions for politicians who are promising to replace “fossil fuels” with “renewable energy” as a solution to the “global warming” myth. This is all smoke and mirrors to keep the public fixated on a non-existent problem. It is the “trouble in River City” technique used by con men throughout history. (song from The Music Man)
I predict that in the future we will have these rusty relics littering the countryside everywhere when it becomes obvious they are not economically viable without government subsidy. There will likely not even be an economically viable option to remove these ugly things. It will cost to much to remove, and no recycling benefit. It will look like something out of a doomsday movie, dilapidated high tech monstrosities scattered about in the primitive wild-lands.
Yes, wind power contributes to the net energy grid. However, in order to get that 10% you mention, the wind farm is over built by probably 80% capacity. Meaning if one turbine could produce that 10%, they built 8, since wind is so variable. So, for the price of 8 you the net effect of one. Hmmm. Someone is making a killing at consumer’s expense.
Also, if that wind power concern is contracted to the power supplier for that 10% worth of megawatts, they also likely have an equivalent onsite or near site NG or diesel generator unit- else they charged for the net loss they are causing.....
See the pea? Now tell me which shell it is under?
No, there will be a government, ie taxpayer funded superfund to enrich democratic butt boys to dismantle and cleanup the area when it’s all said and done. At about 200 times the actual cost.
not to mention they are so ugly....
drive down the beautiful Gorge on the Columbia and see these things there...hideous...
Good for Texas, the state who has received by for the most government subsidies for wind power! Texas once again receives the Fireman15 award for Crony Capitalism at its finest. Not one of the politically connected boondoggles would have been viable without a massive amount of tax payer funds being funneled into them.
If it were causing inner city blight, our liberal government will fork over the taxpayer money. But for us rural folk, they probably won,t spend a dime!
The United States has more oil, gas, and coal reserves than all of the countries in the Middle East combined. There is literally tons of oil and gas off the coasts alone.
Actually, in some ways you are exaggerating. It costs the Clinton Foundation donors $2 a piece to make an EpiPen and because of a government enforced monopoly they are now charging $500 a piece for them, but if you take into account normal business practices and mark ups they are really only getting about 199 times what they should be charging.
Wind turbines wear out and break as do solar panels - especially the cheap crap coming from China - Nothing ‘renewable’ about this boondoggle (not to mention the highly toxic materials used to manufacture them). If the wind is blowing and the sun is shining long enough, some places can benefit from these sources. Certainly never above 10% of the total energy production as many of the EU countries are now realizing when they mandated a higher percent. The blight on the landscape is horrible, as the footprint is huge just to avoid cheaper more plentiful sources that are far more reliable. Nothing is going to be pollution free, not even the burning cow dung we are going to be left with if the Watermelons have their way.
I lived in a town where someone wanted to put in a wind farm (by renting space from landowners).
At their presentation to the town, I realized the business model was a chain of ownership:
- Someone buys the property rights, selling that to
- Someone builds the turbines, selling that to
- Someone operates the turbines for actual electricity production, selling that to
- Someone else takes over operation, selling that to
- Someone takes on the end-of-life stage dismantling turbines beyond expected viable maintenance period, selling that to
- Someone scrapping the equipment removing it from the land, selling that to
- Someone reclaiming the land.
The incentive is how you can make a buck selling a stage to the next stage owner. Those getting the turbines built don’t care what it produces, just how fast the builders can sell out.
Seen 6 more “blades” roll thru town on Friday.
From Amarillo north, its nothing but cows, corn and windmills. Up here is Ks the August swelter is the only time the windmills arent turning full time.
Go to google earth and find out. I don’t know where this is or I would look for them.
As a worker in an electrical utility, you are pretty much right on. You can’t schedule wind power, you can only reduce other turbine power that has to be running in case the wind power craps out. Which it frequently does.
They have limited usefulness if not located near where the electricity is used or until they find a practical way to store the electricity they produce. A backup source of power is also needed when there is no wind.
Bombing practice.
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