Posted on 12/11/2013 6:00:20 AM PST by thackney
Gone With the Wind
Maybe they can recoup some of their money by selling eagle feathers. Just sayin’.
Some where an eagle is smiling.
GE makes twice the money on wind generators. They sell the wind generators and the quick start CT’s that back them up.
The great con is over.
I`m still waiting for the windmill that mounts on and powers my Ranger pickup.
This is insanity, defended by lunatics. Wind power is incredibly inefficient. Don’t throw even more tax payer dollars down that rabbit hole.
QUIP OF THE DAY
There are places it makes sense, if done without taxpayer subsidies.
I've put wind turbines on small unmanned offshore platforms.
First you need a hill to roll down to get the blades turning. Then you have to keep moving to keep the power going. Do you think actual sailing type sailors know about wind? What do we do in the doldrums? Sit.
LOL! Thank you. Thank you very much. I’ll be here all week. But, probably not “pithy” enough for o’really. Not that I would waste it on him anyway.
I agree 100%. I do not want to pay them so a greenie can feel they are saving mother earth.
Think Osprey. Whatever happened to the air cars that disney used to show in tomorrow land? Or like on the Jetsons.
We need to grow up and start saying "No!" at some point! We are on the verge of collapse, and we still pay everyone for everything. It's maddening.
If that was the case, there would be no need for the wind turbine. They were combined with solar and batteries. And these were small power sites. It was the most economical. Batteries were designed for 3 days of typical power use without input from either.
It is very rare to have 3 days offshore without wind or solar.
The article has quotes which argue that wind-energy deserves subsidies, because the fossil rules industry gets benefits: apparently they speak of depletion allowances.
Two points: Liberals not from producing states have long argued against depletion allowances, so why now should they support something for wind power that they consider comparable to something they have long opposed?
Second: When a petroleum company sells fossil fuel, it is losing property (the oil or gas in the ground). But the wind is not depleted by wind farms: indeed, they argue that their resources is “renewable.”
Left out of the whole discussion is that so-called renewable energy uses up resources, also. Their installations — wind farms and solar panels — are made of metals and petroleum products (plastics) which comes from more conventional sources. The parts for a wind farm do not just blow in with the breeze!
Energy sources should largely be left to compete. Who knows: some day perhaps horses will replace automobiles and trains and planes. The competition should be within a free economy, and not determined by lobbying strength and self-righteous “green” posturing.
A few months back DOE themselves listed some 800 dams east of the Mississippi that could be retrofitted to return to electricity production.
Unfortunately wind fixated “greenies” want to tear out all the dams and let the rivers flow free. Never mind that hydro is tried and true effective green energy production that actually works every day all day. (not to mention not needing to be replaced every 20 years at most)
From wiki
Strategic communication management could be defined as the systematic planning and realization of information flow, communication, media development and image care in a long-term horizon. It conveys deliberate message(s) through the most suitable media to the designated audience(s) at the appropriate time to contribute to and achieve the desired long-term effect. Communication management is process creation. It has to bring three factors into balance: the message(s), the media channel(s) and the audience(s).[2]
(emphasis, mine)
IMO, this is the kick-off of a large media push to keep the credits.
This is going to create a whole new problem.
Rusting, decaying wind farms which pose a public safety hazard as they deteriorate.
You darn well know the operators are going to shut them down and cease all maintenance the day after the subsidies dry-up.
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