Eminent Oxford Scientist Says Wind Power “Fails on Every Count”

Daily Sceptic ^ | 25 MARCH 2023 | Chris Morrison

[antidemoncrat]

Hey geniuses. Don’t forget solar panels quit working when covered with ice and snow.

[antidemoncrat]

Maybe my idea of Cow Farticus Connectus Ignitus might still have a chance.

[babble-on]

Yes, total failure. No growth at all in production.

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0e/Wind_energy_generation_by_region%2C_OWID.svg

[frank ballenger]

The wind....blows.

Sometimes.

[LukeL]

Keep in mind a hair dryer can use 1,500 watts of energy.

[fretzer]

Here’s Dr Michaux’ presentation

Simon Michaux - The quantity of metals required to manufacture just one generation
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MBVmnKuBocc

[Pajamajan]

"The wind....blows.

🤣

[sphinx]

Nonsense. Wind power funnels massive subsidies into politically connected hands while providing camoflauge for anti-growth greenies. You just have to understand the left’s measures of success.

[Leaning Right]

Normally I’d believe an emeritus professor. But Greta Thunberg was recently awarded an honorary doctorate in theology. I might be wrong, but I think that outranks an emeritus professor.

So I’m gonna wait to see what Dr. Thunberg has to say. 🤨

[Fungi]

A Simple Reason Why Net Zero Is Impossible
https://heartland.org/opinion/a-simple-reason-why-net-zero-is-impossible/

[armydoc]

Subsidy harvest, nothing more.

[NewHampshireDuo]

Meanwhile, off the coast of Massachusetts, work is about to start on a giant wind farm, complete with permits to harass and likely injure almost a tenth of the population of the rare North Atlantic Right whale.

But the Feds want to kill off the Maine lobster industry because of an unfounded belief that the lobster trap gear will kill Right whales. (Actually, it will kill off the individual lobstermen who will be replaced by large companies that can afford the cost of the necessary equipment - at added cost to the consumer of course.)

[butlerweave]

Breeze Power

[DSH]

Nonsense. Wind power funnels massive subsidies into politically connected hands while providing camoflauge for anti-growth greenies. You just have to understand the left’s measures of success.

This is true . . . up to a point. I would add that you just have to understand that the grifting isn't limited to "the left." Not by any means.

[pfony1]

These “geniuses” also forget that solar panels get “dirty”, which reduces their potential to generate power.

Dirty?

Yes. As anyone who was cleaned glass windows knows, windows collect a kind of slime from the air.

I seriously doubt that the cost of providing “squeegee” guys AND the Windex they need to keep solar panels CLEAN is included in any of the so-called “peer-approved” models.

[rfp1234]

Net-zero is about as wacky a concept as shooting polluting aerosols into the sky to block the sun, or harnessing the power of tornadoes with mega-turbines.

Too much fiction, not enough science.

[drSteve78]

Hey geniuses.

Solar and wind both satisfy one single count. Virtue Signaling. Right up there with wearing a cloth mask anywhere that there isn’t Tuberculosis.

[beethovenfan]

This country is living in a fantasy land. Our enemies are living in reality. Unless we wake up, we’re toast.

[reviled downesdad]

Broken blades are also piling up. Cant be recycled. Epoxy and polyester resins used to make them are also oil products.