$2.3 Million for a Wind Turbine that Doesn't Work!

[westwall]

OP- So WTF is wrong with it lol? As usual, more propaganda than news...Here in Wyoming County, WNY, we have 200 of these, over 400 ft tall, they work fine, and the birds are fine...PFFFFFT!

You monitor all of the birds that fly through the sea of turbines? Really? Not a single bird is ever hit by one of those propellers? Are the birds of Wyoming earthbound or simply wiser than other birds?

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8NAAzBArYdw]Bird vs Wind Turbine FAIL ! - YouTube[/ame]

Another eagle bites the dust. Thanks you eco freaks.

nobody's seen any, and believe me there's plenty of dupes looking lol...

You're too fucking stupid to live in Wyoming. You'd freeze to death trying to walk to KFC for a meal.


"The bird deaths took place between 2009 and 2013 at Duke's Top of the World and Campbell Hill wind facilities in Converse County, Wyoming. The sentence marks the first successful prosecution of a wind energy company for violations of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (MBTA).

The company pled guilty to charges of violating the MBTA as part of a settlement agreement with the Justice Department. The feds had charged that Duke didn't make reasonable efforts to build its facilities in ways that would minimize the risk to wildlife"


Company Pleads Guilty in Eagle Deaths at Wind Energy Facility | Wind | ReWire | KCET

 

[westwall]

First and foremost, more birds, small and raptors, are killed on the roads that are alongside many of the wind farms than are killed by the wind turbines.

Second, there are many windfarms that are producing just as planned.

Wind power in Iowa - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Iowa is a leading U.S. state in wind power generation with 27.4% of the state's electricity generation coming from wind in 2013.[1][2] At the end of 2013, wind power in Iowa had 5,137 megawatts (MW) of capacity, third only to Texas and California.[3]
Nearly $10 billion has been invested in Iowa's wind power projects and manufacturing facilities.[4]

Wind power in Texas - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Wind power in Texas consists of many wind farms with a total installed nameplate capacity of 12,212 MW[1] from over 40 different projects. Texas produces the most wind power of any U.S. state.[1] The wind boom in Texas was assisted by expansion of the state’s Renewable Portfolio Standard, use of designated Competitive Renewable Energy Zones, expedited transmission construction, and the necessary Public Utility Commission rule-making.[2] Wind power accounted for 8.3% of the electricity generated in Texas during 2013.[3]

And, in every state but Texas (which has deregulated a ton of its producers), and Oklahoma (which has no green energy mandate) the cost of electricity is skyrocketing.

Colorado – up 14%

Idaho – up 33%

Iowa – up 17%

Kansas – up 29%

Minnesota – up 22%

North Dakota – up 24%

Oklahoma – down 1%

Oregon – up 15%

South Dakota – up 26%

Texas – down 19%

Wyoming – up 33%




Wind Industry Study: Electricity Prices Skyrocketing In Largest Wind Power States - Forbes

 

[elektra]

Would of been better spent on real research Wind will never outside of the windier areas of this country make up more then a few percentage of energy needs.

So? A percentage or two here or there, pretty soon you are talking about decent gigawatts. Obviously when you have an easy next century of natural gas already scoped out it doesn't matter all that much, but it is nice to know we have plenty of the cleaner fossil fuel around to meet demand.

Using geo-thermal, wind, and solar, we can easily power this nation. But it will take a new grid and some effective grid scale storage.

Liar. Your posts are repeatedly proven nothing but lies. Old crock stated no new nuclear plants are being built which was a lie now old crock makes the prosperous claim that green energy can power the nation. A pure lie only fools believe.

Prove your contention.

 

[HenryBHough]

When enough birds have been killed by those whirlygigs the insect population will explode, That in mind, conservative biologists are racing to develop mosquitoes that favour munching on liberals. Seems the smell is the key and easiest harnessed given liberals gassy aspects.

 

[RGR]

Would of been better spent on real research Wind will never outside of the windier areas of this country make up more then a few percentage of energy needs.

So? A percentage or two here or there, pretty soon you are talking about decent gigawatts. Obviously when you have an easy next century of natural gas already scoped out it doesn't matter all that much, but it is nice to know we have plenty of the cleaner fossil fuel around to meet demand.

Using geo-thermal, wind, and solar, we can easily power this nation. But it will take a new grid and some effective grid scale storage.

Maybe. But with abundant and reasonably priced natural gas just laying around to be had, why would we want to?

At the end of the day, the energy to do whatever we want to do isn't the issue, but cost of generating power from those various forms of energy.

 

[elektra]

California has proven that each generation of wind turbines are failures. Every day for the last thirty years California has been installing wind turbines and its never enough and never will be.

Every day old wind turbines are one being taken down and disposed of. This will go on forever. Throwing away old wind turbines is nor a New Industry creating thousands of jobs.

Renewable is a lie.

 

[HenryBHough]

If one were to judge the success of a project by how well it accomplished its intended result that we'd have to come down on the side of the whirlygigs.

They were intended to consume as much of YOUR money as possible and they have proven fully effective.

They did exactly what they were supposed to.