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To: Ponce de Leon County

Not really. What does happen is Germany’s and the Belgium - Dutch - North French wind turbines trip off regularly under both low winds and high wind conditions (true. Rarely under icing, but I’ve also seen hundreds of hours of helicopter flights deicing the wind turbine blades by chemical sprays). But Sweden rescues the north european grid routinely (weekly) with its immediately available gigawattts of hydropower always sitting in reserve. No other place but New Zealand has equal hydro reserves not already in use.


49 posted on 02/18/2021 9:45:03 AM PST by Robert A Cook PE (Method, motive, and opportunity: No morals, shear madness and hatred by those who cheat.)
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To: Robert A Cook PE

You are tilting at windmills in trying to explain this to some people. What they don’t know but need to could fill an ocean.

For example, inefficient spinning reserve at low power actually increased pollution in Denmark when they dedicated so much to wind.

If this were an engineering discussion the answer would still be hard but eventually the right answer would be gotten to. It is after all, just physics. It is not though, emotional and ignorant people have been allowed to enter the decision making process.


68 posted on 02/18/2021 11:08:48 AM PST by Sequoyah101 (I have a burning hatred of anyone who would vote for a demented, pedophile, crook and a commie whore)
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