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The simple arithmetic of wind power

1patriot 9 Nov 22
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Great data. Of course it doesn’t consider all the challenges nor does it pose the challenges in a fashion that would enable proposals to resolve those challenges.

A couple of the challenges that go unaddressed are: 1. National Security harmed by the “blind spots” that windmills cause. 2. Massive numbers of birds killed by them and littering of the landscape with their bodies.

A couple potential solutions to the intermittence of windmills might include 1. Shared alternative renewable energy production (solar farms on the same land as the windmills, etc) 2. Stored (battery technology is improving rapidly) energy produced by these sources being ‘cleaned up’ (inverters and regulators) and deployed during off peak hours. These potential partial solutions are off the top of my head, would clearly need to be developed and clearly wouldn’t resolve the problems fully, but they could mitigate the overwhelmingly unmitigated failure of windmills to offer any true value.

Not taking a side (although I’m not a fan of most “renewable” energy technology), but the presentation (by both sides) are not being fully honest in their approach to communicating the issue.

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i remember when they sold us on electricity. i tried that and froze . then they sold us on pellets. i bought a stove and froze. i put in more insulation. so back to the furnace, the oil tank and oil. now i am happy.

My brother has oil too. It works great when he is able to get it delivered and when the price is reasonable. Last winter, the delivery trucks weren’t working regularly (covid) in his area of Ohio, so he had to rely on electric space heaters and fans till the power went out during for a few days. Fortunately he has a generator (also petroleum). The key is backups to backups and a brain to think on your feet and plan ahead.

@Daveclark5 i have natural gas but for home heating but if they cut that off i have 2-1000 gallon propane tanks..... and a big 3phase 60KVA generator for power

natrual gas is a cooler heat than oil....the room register is hot with oil (if you stood on it with stocking feet) where as it's not hot with natural gas or propane even if the room is set to 72F

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It's not even simple math - it's basic arithmetic and common sense 😔

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Info couldn't be found?

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@1patriot Thank you.

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