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South Dakota rocked again as a wind turbine plant shuts its doors
Yahoo ^ | 13 June 2021 | Salena Zito

Posted on 06/14/2021 7:52:58 AM PDT by DUMBGRUNT

John F. Kerry, the special presidential envoy for climate, said only months ago that those losing fossil fuel jobs in coal and hydraulic fracturing will find they have a better choice in jobs in either the solar industry or as wind turbine technicians.

That was then. Now, a wind blade manufacturing plant located in Aberdeen, South Dakota has announced it is shutting its doors permanently in less than two months.

The disappearance of Molded Fiber Glass will displace over three hundred workers and their families. It marks another major loss of energy jobs in the state following President Joe Biden's halting of the Keystone Pipeline on the first day of his administration.

...7 of the top 10 wind turbine manufacturers are Chinese companies.

...more than half of the world’s newly installed wind power capacity was built in China in 2020.

(Excerpt) Read more at news.yahoo.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Front Page News; News/Current Events; US: South Dakota
KEYWORDS: aberdeen; globalwarminghoax; greennewdeal; salenazito; southdakota; wind
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1 posted on 06/14/2021 7:52:58 AM PDT by DUMBGRUNT
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To: DUMBGRUNT

Some folks think the goal is to reduce to US population to 100 million. And I suppose most of those can live in caves, trying to survive on nuts and berries. A few, of course, will live quite well. Energy consumption will be no problem for the special people.


2 posted on 06/14/2021 7:55:54 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy ("I see you did something -- why you so racist?")
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To: DUMBGRUNT

The Green New Deal!..............................


3 posted on 06/14/2021 7:57:51 AM PDT by Red Badger (You can't wait until life isn't hard anymore before you decide to be happy............. Nightbirde)
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To: ClearCase_guy

We have added 52 million people since 2000.


5 posted on 06/14/2021 8:02:17 AM PDT by kabar
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And I suppose most of those can live in caves, trying to survive on nuts and berries.

We should have some North Korean instructors have training camps on how to live under a harsh dictatorship in near starvation conditions for educational purposes only.

6 posted on 06/14/2021 8:06:00 AM PDT by BipolarBob (I identify as a vaccinated deplorable)
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To: ClearCase_guy

“...reduce to US population to 100 million....” Now, about those guaranteed perfectly safe and effective covid shots pedo joe is peddling....... The global elites would like to save the earth by lowering the world population to around 500 million. They better hope the keep the right folks around.


7 posted on 06/14/2021 8:06:06 AM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this?)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

Utter persecution of S. Dakota, too. Trying to cancel 4th of July celebration at Mt. Rushmore, cancelling energy jobs from pipeline, now this. Utter vindictiveness of the Biden minions towards any one or entity - state, city, person - who supported Trump.


8 posted on 06/14/2021 8:09:14 AM PDT by SueRae (An administration like no other.)
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South Dakota is in a drought.

The fireworks are canceled fairly often.

I have family out there. Wildfires are no joke.


9 posted on 06/14/2021 8:12:39 AM PDT by redgolum (If this is civilization, I will be the barbarian. )
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To: DUMBGRUNT

I’m very surprised that this story ran in Yahoo’s news feed. Maybe the Mainstream Media IS waking up…….nah.


10 posted on 06/14/2021 8:19:45 AM PDT by Shady (Prince Andrew must be dethroned...And who killed Ashli Babbitt? )
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To: Magnum44

You would think the blades could be shredded and a use found for the result.


11 posted on 06/14/2021 8:23:06 AM PDT by JohnnyP (Thinking is hard work (I stole that from Rush).)
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To: rktman

Covid vaccines may be doing that...we don’t know yet...and any “shortage of people” will be...of course...because of climate change.


12 posted on 06/14/2021 8:30:06 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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..7 of the top 10 wind turbine manufacturers are Chinese companies.
Cant imagine the cost of importing wind turbines from China!! Today a 40’ Container costs $10,000 to ship from Shanghai to LA. Up from the stable $3000 (2016-2020)
(Ive heard as high as $15K, but cannot confirm)


13 posted on 06/14/2021 8:43:11 AM PDT by griswold3 (NBA/ Plumlee Ball. = poor entertainment value while insulting the audience gets you broke )
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To: Sacajaweau

Stoopid climate! 😲


14 posted on 06/14/2021 8:48:07 AM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this?)
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To: JohnnyP
I think they are made from radioactive asbestos fiberglass nano-tubes injected with COVID-19 variants and the kind of epoxy glue that meth-heads get high on....so only solution is to bury like its toxic waste...


15 posted on 06/14/2021 9:02:27 AM PDT by Magnum44 (...against all enemies, foreign and domestic...)
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To: JohnnyP

Now why on Earth would mods have removed my post? Was it offensive to see turbine blades being buried????


16 posted on 06/14/2021 9:05:06 AM PDT by Magnum44 (...against all enemies, foreign and domestic...)
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To: JohnnyP
Hmmm, maybe it was a Getty image? Trying again


17 posted on 06/14/2021 9:08:59 AM PDT by Magnum44 (...against all enemies, foreign and domestic...)
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To: kabar

You are right. I had to look it up, it shocked me so. I remember when we had 200 million.


18 posted on 06/14/2021 9:20:55 AM PDT by PghBaldy (12/14 - 930am -rampage begins... 12/15 - 1030am - Obama's advance team scouts photo-op locations.)
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To: JohnnyP; Magnum44
I think they're in the process of breaking down the fiberglass and such of the windmill blades so they can be recycled. But it's still a way off to making the process feasible. Plus, I really doubt the feasibility of windmill use anyway. They don't produce much power and have too many moving parts to break down.


Solar, though, I think will work -- at least in the south. But only as long as we do it at the individual level and not at the government level where they force utilities to use solar even when it's not going to work -- all while everybody focuses on the red tape of the regulations and not on maximizing efficiency. If you do it yourself you're more liable to customize the system for your specific needs and get nice throughput -- without making the government cronies rich on the façade of helping us out but not really.

19 posted on 06/14/2021 9:21:34 AM PDT by Tell It Right (1st Thessalonians 5:21 -- Put everything to the test, hold fast to that which is true.)
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To: ClearCase_guy

How many mansions do Al Gore and John Kerry have combined?
And between them, how many private jets and swimming pools?

Yes, some will live quite well...


20 posted on 06/14/2021 9:44:15 AM PDT by GOPJ (Arson isn't 'fire violence'. Rape isn't 'penis violence'. Murder isn't 'gun violence'. Criminals )
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