Posted on 01/02/2015 6:31:33 PM PST by PROCON
As Britain shivers under a blanket of snow and ice, it has emerged that offshore windfarms have been idling to prevent icing up – and drawing electricity off the national grid to do so. Critics have pointed out the “folly” of having windfarms idle in a cold snap, but industry experts insist that all forms of power generation involve some electrical input.
The issue has been raised by Brian Christley, a resident of Abergele, Wales, who wrote to the Daily Telegraph to say: “Over the weekend just gone, the coldest of the year so far, all 100-plus off-shore wind turbines along the North Wales coast were idling very slowly, all using grid power for de-icing and to power their hydraulic systems that keep the blades facing in the same direction.
“Thanks to Ed Davey, the Energy and Climate Change Secretary, we will be subsidising these follies for the next 30 years. And then, if we continue to vote for technically naive green politicians, for further periods after that.”
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Only if the Erf doesn’t get to cold. ;-)
The Erf is going to die Pingy.
An appropriate quantity of C-4, properly emplaced at the base of each tower, would solve the problem.
Permanently.
I offer this modest suggestion to the appropriate authorities in Great Britain, for their careful consideration.
We used to use an "appropriate" amount of C-4 plus match to heat our C Rations way back when...
Cold weather: Record 2014 freeze for England, Wales and Northern Ireland
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-30610567
The problem with putting them in the water is there’s no way to harvest the shredded poultry downstream....
So how much does this cost y’all to subsidize these greenthings? And do they bury it in your power bill or a taxbill somewhere?
The irony is so rich here. I have a big smile on my face.
Warm globally, cool locally!
LOL!
Sir, it's only January 2, 2015, and I have already had to clean beer spit off of my laptop twice...LOL!
Thanks.
Given the dangerous state the Republic is in, I try hard to offer a daily dose of humor and snarks at FR.
But at least they have their smugness to keep them warm.
Even here in New England, we have to keep the heat on constantly.
According to the AGWers, cooling is caused by warming!
No Sir, your coldness is a figment of your imagination.
Obama's latest Executive Order made the entire Erf come to a liveable temperature of 72 degrees F.
“Even here in New England, we have to keep the heat on constantly.”
It’s January Homes. What were you expecting?
We know it doesn’t really work, and that it’s a waste of resources, but it makes you feel good about trying to save the planet.
It doesn’t do any good to give money to professional pan handlers at the off ramps, but it make the morons who hand it over feel good.
It’s all good...feeling
When I lived in Germany they had different receptacles for different colored glass. I was told by some locals they dumped it all together when they picked it up.
I heard the same thing about the separate garbage and recyclable bins.
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