[DallasBiff]

Huh there were no high winds, looks like shoddy construction.

Anyway greenies will say it's coals fault

[Red Badger]

Sabatoogie by a MAGA supporter!................

[House Atreides]

That looks like it should buff right out.

[Eli Kopter]

I’ve seen a few catch on fire. It is all the hydrocarbons that these ‘beasts’ have to use to lubricate.

[Gaffer]

Could be construction....could be other things. The structural design of these towers yields their circularity of the main support. If that is compromised by incomplete connection of the sections OR even just a variation in the wall thickness just sets it up for eventual failure.

[mewzilla]

From 5 years ago...

Wind Turbine Blades Can’t Be Recycled, So They’re Piling Up in Landfills Companies are searching for ways to deal with the tens of thousands of blades that have reached the end of their lives.

Bet that's still the case...

[EnderWiggin1970]

Could it have been compromised by damage from a past tornado, with gradual wear finishing it off months or years later?

[Buttons12]

It does get pretty windy there.

[Ezekiel]

A windmill has collapsed

Dutch ya just hate it when that happens?

[KingLudd]

Stopped reading at, “ … a windmill … “

A windmill? Really? The author expects to be taken seriously?

[Empire_of_Liberty]

It looks like one of those old kinetic sculptures. It has a lot of kinetic energy in a wind and then just tears itself apart, it failure starts.

I would not be surprised if the failure of only a small number of these negate their entire purpose.

[ComputerGuy]

Looks like it just collapsed into a heap. Cleanup should be a breeze.

[Harpotoo]

Gonna need a bigger trash can.

[DiogenesLamp]

These massive windmills are stupid. I don't think they break even without massive government subsidies.

[waredbird]

The only thing missing from this picture is an eagle perched on the carcass.

[FlingWingFlyer]

This is going to become quite common as more and more of this crap ages.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

When I worked in the power industry in the 70s and 80s, spontaneous collapses of coal and natural gas fired power plants was a huge and serious problem. Remember your lights flickering? That was the sign of another power plant collapsing.

But we worked hard, did a lot of R&D, and licked the problem.

(just kidding in case you couldn’t tell)

[The Truth Will Make You Free]

We spent a night in Killdare a few years ago. Not recommended.

[butlerweave]

Made In China ?

[ducttape45]

Dnag, I was hoping for a video. I love watching those things explode.

[seabeeson]

After traveling through the mid west (OK,TX, NM & AZ), windmills are nothing but a blight on the landscape. Plus they are insufficient.