Starting To Notice That The Energy Transition Is Not Happening

The reason that we now have the GIANT bladed turbines instead of the archimede's screw (vertical wind turbine) is that the energy supply companies wanted to keep the supply of energy UNDER THEIR CONTROL, and our politicians took HUGE BRIBES from RED CHINA where these NON-RECYCLABLE, EXTREMELY EXPENSIVE, ENVIRONMENTALLY HARMFUL, POORLY PERFORMING, UNRELIABLE pieces of junk are manufactured.

Guess what kind of wind turbines they use in China.

I made a good living, though very uncertain, in the oil industry for just over 40 years. In that time I was involved in most of the upstream industry from all the field work including drilling to metering to pipelines to building huge offshore structures, financial analysis, marketing and the boardroom. I began my career during the oil embargo while we were running out of oil. With new higher prices we made old and neglected fields that were faltering revived then we went out and discovered more. Shale extended the production life again. We have been constantly running out of oil. Either increased prices or changed technology arrests the running out. It is really hard to say when it actually ends. I don't think anyone knows that but it does get harder and harder to recover and sustain production. Eventually we will not, the price will be too high and even though oil is being generated deep in the mantle that regeneration is too slow for our needs. Something like 65% of all oil discovered remains in the ground in fields that are now dead. Almost all the gas can be produced. One holy grail is figuring out how to make that now immobile oil, mobile. So you see, even when production ends there is still lots of oil in the ground.

We need comprehensive energy policy but we will never have it. Society, politics and politicians don't have the will, the ability or the consistency to ever accomplish a comprehensive, practical, feasible, long lasting energy policy and so, instead, we will rattle along lurching from one crisis to the next. Things could be so much better. Most of our angst and suffering is not necessary at all. If only I were king for a day. Sigh.

I can’t remember what the law NH gov Sununu signed, but I believe it locked in the NET Metering price for at least the next 5-6 years.

I recall in NV they changed it after so many home owners bought solar panels. It literally was making it unprofitable for the utility in NV. So, they got the three person Public Utilities Commission to lower the rate they were paying.

I suspect something like that will happen in California once everyone has solar panels on their roof.

FYI, IF I owned the property across the street from my house I would install a small hydroelectric generator. There is a fifteen foot wide brook that runs year round. Right now it is 2’ deep. Even in the middle of August it still is about 6” or more. It also very rarely freezes over in the winter because it runs so fast. It would generate power probably 9-10 months/year.

There are all sorts of smaller wind generators that have come out in the last 5-10 years. Many are vertical axis like the one you pictured.

The Archimedes screw type is multi directional. It also does not have the thump-thump-thump of the large BIRD KILLERS. Plus, there is no noise/harmonic pollution either.
Most of these things are intended to be put on the edge of some warehouse or tall building/skyscraper. Where the winds are more steady.

I am not sure how any of them stand up to salt water spray or snow/ice or sand storms. One of things I have seen with the large offshore wind generators is that the leading edge of the blades becomes damaged over time just from the salt/sand/debris in the wind. Constant bombardment by the salt air beats on it just like the leading edge of an airplane.
Leading to expensive maintenance by Manly Men who are not afraid of heights.

This is the YouTube video I was trying to remember watching a year ago:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OkRqVBpO2BQ

This is the company:

https://aerominetechnologies.com/

Here is another YouTuber about the same turbine:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7H10t-uw14

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