martybegan
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Shall we once again calculate how much coal or natural gas would have to be burned to replace the power generated by those wind turbines? And perhaps this time we could calculate how much carbon dioxide and sooty particulate would be produced. And we could start the calculation with a tallying of how much steel and plastic and copper and dreaded insulation is required to build a fired power plant. And then we can throw in the waste heat the whole process generates.
We don't claim those power sources come from nothing, unlike your side claiming renewables are build with unicorn queefs and pixie farts.
Also plants like that last for decades, and can be refurbished to last even longer.
Not so much with windmills and solar panels.