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To: Samurai_Jack
Seeing windmills at a distance, you can't really grasp how big the blades really are.

Several years ago I saw one being hauled by a semi and my first thought was how the heck does that semi navigate corners with that thing behind it.

9 posted on 07/01/2025 3:39:18 AM PDT by Hot Tabasco
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To: Hot Tabasco

For tight turns, the trailer has a gas engine and is steerable by an operator who jumps on the trailer or used a hand held remote to steer around the corner.

I just cannot imagine the cost of shipping those silly blades one at a time around the world. Most analysis I’ve seen has the turbine, when accounting for manufacturing, transportation , construction and maintenance costing more energy than produced in a lifetime. Not to mention that the actual usable lifespan is as much as half what was projected. I think Siemens admitted theirs only last ten years before replacement is needed.


16 posted on 07/01/2025 4:31:49 AM PDT by cyclotic (Don’t be part of the problem. Be the entire problem)
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To: Hot Tabasco

I am frequently in Morehead City, NC and they bring them in by ship and move each one out to their final destination by truck. Got caught behind them wheeling out of the port on a few occasions. Didn’t bother me as much as they get a police escort out of town and I was fascinated and interested to see how they handle various traffic situations.


24 posted on 07/01/2025 5:07:06 AM PDT by Hatteras
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