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When Lightning Strikes a Huge Wind Turbine (VIDEO)
The Atlantic ^
| June 15 2014
| Alex C Madrigal
Posted on 06/15/2014 3:27:11 PM PDT by PoloSec
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To: PoloSec
A little Cialis will fix that.
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posted on
06/15/2014 4:31:24 PM PDT
by
exit82
("The Taliban is on the inside of the building" E. Nordstrom 10-10-12)
To: PoloSec
i would guess turbine brake failures are #2.
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posted on
06/15/2014 4:46:12 PM PDT
by
Secret Agent Man
(Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
To: PoloSec
Wow those blades are expensive. I guess the customers will pay to fix it.
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posted on
06/15/2014 5:23:18 PM PDT
by
ExCTCitizen
(I'm ExCTCitizen and I approve this reply. If it does offend Libs, I'm NOT sorry...)
To: PoloSec
Bigger downtime than Lightning strikes is cold weather drove through Wisconsin Texas Minnesota in fall/Winter 5% of 20 Windmills rotate. the Ones along a Highway the other 19 in the row just watch!
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posted on
06/15/2014 5:53:31 PM PDT
by
philly-d-kidder
(AB-Sheen"The truth is the truth if nobody believes it,a lie is still a lie, everybody believes it")
To: PoloSec
I have a not-so-obvious question. Or maybe it is. If they are for the purpose of generating electricity, why not capture the energy of a lightning strike? After all, Doc Brown did it in Back to the Future. All you need is a huge capacitor.
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posted on
06/15/2014 6:57:19 PM PDT
by
roadcat
To: roadcat
A FLUX capacitor, not just any ol’ capacitor!
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posted on
06/15/2014 7:35:43 PM PDT
by
bicyclerepair
(The zombies here elected alcee hastings. TERM LIMITS ... TERM LIMITS)
To: PoloSec
Well DUH! They are the tallest things around, and they’re metal, besides!
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posted on
06/15/2014 7:50:43 PM PDT
by
SuziQ
To: gorush
Doesn’t look like that windmill is compliant with the EPA’s new Carbon Pollution mandates.
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posted on
06/15/2014 7:58:11 PM PDT
by
Rodamala
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