Posted on 08/09/2023 6:58:11 PM PDT by jfd1776
Can you spare a few thousand square feet of land for a windmill?
Well, maybe not you, but surely a farmer can, right? Or a rancher? Or a developer. What’s a few thousand square feet to a land baron?
Some people with lots of land can spare that much, especially if the government will pay them a few grand for it. Maybe not you or me, but… the other guy. Let HIM do it.
America is a big country. Huge. It doesn’t really sound like a few thousand square feet of land for a windmill would have a big impact on land usage in America.
But now let’s think about where they put windmills. They aren’t all on farmland… but the majority are.
They usually can’t be on rock, because you have to be able to dig deep to sink those footings, to anchor a giant structure like this.
They can’t be in the middle of a forest, because you need a path to and from the windmill, for maintenance trucks and wiring...
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Stop talking sense.
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Tons of concrete and steel are needed for the foundation.
According to the National Ready Mixed Concrete Association, each pound of concrete releases 0.93 pounds of carbon dioxide.
screw windmills.
i like steam turbines. question is, how to produce the steam.
it’s been answered.
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