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Villagers in Wales wake to horrific crash as £20million 300ft eco-energy generator is blown over in 50mph storm
Daily Mail ^
| 2/15/2022
| Katie Feehan
Posted on 02/15/2022 5:12:10 PM PST by nascarnation
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To: Tom in SFCA
I wonder if it generated forward thrust and pulled itself over.
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posted on
02/15/2022 8:10:12 PM PST
by
gundog
( It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
To: E. Pluribus Unum
Too bad the rest of the wind “farm” did not get blown down!
I hate the damn things!
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posted on
02/15/2022 8:19:32 PM PST
by
Taxman
(SAVE AMERICA!)
To: nascarnation
Bravo. Nice poem. Nuclear and oil are the two best, safest, cheapest and most efficient energy sources. Solar, wind, and geothermal are expensive dreams that take 75 years to break even.
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posted on
02/15/2022 9:59:29 PM PST
by
Falconspeed
("Keep your fears to yourself, but share your courage with others." Robert Louis Stevenson.)
To: nascarnation
Maybe this is what “renewable” means.
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posted on
02/15/2022 10:43:00 PM PST
by
taxesareforever
(Islam is an ideology. It is NOT a religion.)
To: hecticskeptic
Good explanation and failure analysis. The photographs confirm your thoughts.
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posted on
02/16/2022 12:15:59 AM PST
by
volunbeer
(Find the truth and accept it - anything else is delusional)
To: nascarnation
Someone forgot to tighten the bolts to spec.
Or gophers....
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posted on
02/16/2022 12:49:02 AM PST
by
minnesota_bound
(I need more hash brown patties! )
To: nascarnation
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posted on
02/16/2022 1:11:54 AM PST
by
heavy metal
(smiling improves your face value and makes people wonder what the hell you're up to... 😁)
To: nascarnation
29 windmills at £20million each = £58million
19000 homes = £30526 per home
£700 average electricty bill per home (source: British Gas) = 43.6 years before this investment sees a return!
(assuming they don’t fall over first).
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posted on
02/16/2022 5:27:23 AM PST
by
Mr Radical
(In times of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act.)
To: nascarnation
Oh, oh, gollies! Must have been a 1000-year storm. No one could have foreseen this!!!
Boneheads.
If your equipment is going to be exposed to weather (e.g., solar panels, turbines, etc) and you don’t design for multiples of possible events — the people who paid you are the real idiots.
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posted on
02/16/2022 5:58:50 AM PST
by
bobbo666
(Baizuo)
To: hecticskeptic
No flanges in sight, but the fallen tower (part) appears to have been constructed of 20-foot sections. Perhaps these towers are located near the ocean, and suffered from corrosion.
There is a huge flange pictured at the bottom, in a fun, time-lapse, build:
https://youtu.be/SBbBh5xZ1gQ
As for “Villagers were woken”...What happened to “awakened”?
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posted on
02/17/2022 11:57:39 AM PST
by
Does so
(Americans had no desire for war between 1939 and 1941. Rheinland? Sometimes War Finds YOU!)
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