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2023-09-17 Science & Technology

Windbaggery: The wind energy sector's days are numbered.

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Posted by Besoeker 2023-09-17 06:40|| || Front Page|| [16 views ] Top

#1 If wind energy has unworkable flaws, I expect government to continue funding it for decades ahead. Corruption overrules both physics and platitudes.

Posted by Mad Eye Chusoling2518 2023-09-17 07:18|| 2023-09-17 07:18|| Front Page Top

#2 You know why merchantmen sailing ships are not plowing the waves across the oceans these days.

Posted by Procopius2k 2023-09-17 08:40|| 2023-09-17 08:40|| Front Page Top

#3 Look for the DOE to propose placing giant fans next to wind farms to make sure the turbines produce power. Giant fans powered by toxic waste.

Posted by ed in texas 2023-09-17 09:15|| 2023-09-17 09:15|| Front Page Top

#4 I read somewhere that one third of the turbines in the California wind valley doesn't produce any power due to some issues or another, but the operators keep the blades turning to make it looks like they still work.

Posted by Seeking Cure For Ignorance 2023-09-17 12:40|| 2023-09-17 12:40|| Front Page Top

#5 Make wind energy providers pay for the exorbitant supplemental energy costs when wind power fails.

Posted by Enver Slager8035 2023-09-17 19:03|| 2023-09-17 19:03|| Front Page Top

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