What a sad commentary on the state of things
Yep. Wind turbines are an inefficient non-cost effective way to generate electricity that come with a huge environmental costs of their own. Crony-capitalism at it’s worse and the same kind of idiocy that brought us the mercury filled lightbulbs that using current standards will make every landfill in America a superfund cleanup site.
I agree with you on wind turbines. Plus they are a visual blight on the landscape. As for CFLs, we have been using fluorescent tubes for as long as I can remember, so I would take issue with your landfill assessment. However, with the advent of the LED light bulb, the CFLs are going to go away very quickly because the LEDs last about five times as long as a CFL and they use a lot less energy. We’ve a large number of recessed lighting fixtures that use R30 and R40 lamps. Some time ago the government cut these bulbs output from 75 watts down to 65, with consequent lower levels of light being produced. We just changed all of them out for the new 75watt LEDs and now we are trying to get used to the improved illumination along with lamps that consume about 15 watts of electricity while they are giving us better lighting.
CFL’s were a bad idea because not only are they a pollution hazard, they give of light that’s hard on the eyes.
Doesn’t matter to the left. Whatever it takes for wind and solar; even though the costs are astronomic.