But what will happen to those idle wind turbines that now reflect nothing more than a standing graveyard of reminders to a failed ideology? That remains an open question. If there’s not enough money to maintain them, where will the money come from to tear them down?
At least the eagles aren’t getting chopped up.
Another reason for drug testing our feral employees.
They are going to find out the same thing about all those solar panels when the plexiglass begins to opacify from exposure to the sun’s rays.
The Democrats might as well spend all our money on pixie dust. You have to wonder what Obama’s motivation is for investing in alternative energy companies that go belly-up soon afterward. How much of it is finding its way back into his own pocket? Or the pockets of other Democrats?
I was in the western part of Oklahoma yesterday and about 10% of these wind generators were not spinning and these are fairly new, well-maintained wind farms. I also noticed the name Suzlon on one of them. Apparently India is the manufacturer of these wind generators in Oklahoma.
These monstrosities will pepper the landscape here, rotting away after the subsidy gravy train stops.
OTOH, an article this morning at Fuel Fix points out that the US led the world in adding windpower in 2012.
40% of the new power capacity added in the US during 2012 was wind. 32% was nat gas, and the remainder was coal, nuke and other renewables.
My family and I drove through Kansas on our way to Denver and saw hundreds of these things. We stopped at the welcome center at the CO border and asked them about the wind turbines. I expected an eco-lib-loving spiel about them and was surprised to hear from both employees at the welcome center that most of CO hates the turbines with a passion.
They claimed that each turbine cost $1 million to make, will take 5 years before they become profitable (assuming no parts replacement), and most of their parts are not slated to last 5 years. Those that do breakdown will likely be too expensive to repair and will simply sit there.
They seem to be working well in northern Japan.
It sounds like wind farms were never a science, just an unquestioned excuse, like global warming, to petition “the government” for funds, regardless that the states have never delegated to Congress, via the Constitution, the specific power to tax and spend for such purposes.
Also, note that one wind farm mechanic has commented that wind farms require appreciable maintenance to keep operational even if there is wind.
Another waste of TAXPAYERS’ money!!!
I like the source, the New American. Never heard of it previously.
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But what will happen to those idle wind turbines that now reflect nothing more than a standing graveyard of reminders to a failed ideology?
I smiled and thought it sounds good but there isn’t going to be any money left at the end.........................
In any other industry that requires the use of large tacts of land, ie mining, logging, a very hefty bond is required and a reclamation plan is submitted for review and approval.
It looks like wind farming, which is currently in favor, is not required to jump through the same regulatory hoops that the rest of the dirty industries have to.
If the mining industry blighted the landscape as much as these stupid turbines do, there would be a public outcry.
Let the word leak out that they have lots of copper in them, and watch them disappear overnight.
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The effort is one of the schemes to redistribute. The method is not completely efficient inthat all of the proceeds don’t end up as loot.
The heathen democrat party is a criminal enterprise