Tilting at windmills on a national level.
Posted on 07/28/2017 7:41:36 AM PDT by Timpanagos1
The number of wind farm projects under construction in the U.S. has grown by 40 percent since this time last year, according to a second quarter analysis released Thursday by the American Wind Energy Association, a national trade group. Most of that construction is in Texas, the Midwest and the West. Texas remains a leader when it comes to installed wind power capacity -- with more than 20,000 megawatts -- but wind power still accounts for only 13 percent of the state's power mix.
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Tilting at windmills on a national level.
last time i drove through Kansas there were a TON of them... I was surprised at the numbers
They are bird killers,and are unsightly.
“They are bird killers,and are unsightly.”
So, the people and industry of Texas should simply sit in the dark without air conditioning?
Visual pollution
What a boob. The USA has a 400 year supply of coal. If you add in NG to the mix it is a 1,000 year supply of coal/NG.
Burn coal.
‘swhy God put it there...
The people of Texas have virtually unlimited supplies of oil and natural gas, y’know, stuff that actually works to produce power unlike wind, which is dastardly expensive and fickle, not to mention noisy.
Does anyone have any real economic numbers on this stuff? From what I have read, this stuff is not economically viable without Federal subsidies, but I would like to know for certain one way or the other.
If anyone has any numbers regarding the cost of construction, cost of operation, and the output energy and what it is sold at, I would like to see if the numbers balance.
If they don't at least balance, the whole things is a boondoggle.
I have come to realize many expenditures prompted by Washington D.C. are not really initiated for their stated purpose. In many cases, they are taxpayer money transfer schemes to connected patrons.
I think this sort of corrupt "mercantilism" has been going on since the beginning of the 1800s.
Much of the tariff revenue collected from Southern consumers was used to build railroads and canals in the North. Between 1830 and 1850, 30,000 miles of track was laid. At its best, these tracks benefited the North. Much of it had no economic effect at all. Many of the schemes to lay track were simply a way to get government subsidies. Fraud and corruption were rampant.
How much of this growth has been subsidized with my tax dollars?
All of it. And not just your tax dollars either.
Most wind operators, small and large, force your local utilities to pay them for the "surplus" power they generate.
“So, the people and industry of Texas should simply sit in the dark without air conditioning?”
Coal, natural gas, and nuclear work.
Bottom line to wind: At a MINIMUM it takes 25 years to break even...but they only last 20 years, if that long.
“So, the people and industry of Texas should simply sit in the dark without air conditioning?”
Do you want the snarky answer to that?
not really initiated for their stated purpose
Often the purpose is PR. Get the SJWs off their back.
It serves exactly the same role as a Jizya in Muslim countries.
Yes the kill birds but even worse they kill bats. Bats are very needed and their population has been dwindled by Brown nose disease (a fungus).
In my opinion, an investment that doesn't break even within at least 7 years is a bust.
This is a taxpayer money transfer scheme, the likes of which we have seen far too much from Washington D.C.
But I would still like to see some construction/operating cost numbers versus power output. I have a friend who claims these things actually pay for themselves, and he's a STEM major.
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