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Wind winding down? The entire industry is hitting headwinds they hadn’t counted on and it could spell disaster.
Hotair ^ | 02/05/2023 | Beege Wellborn

Posted on 02/05/2023 8:39:54 PM PST by SeekAndFind

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1 posted on 02/05/2023 8:39:54 PM PST by SeekAndFind
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Didn’t off shore wind turbines kill some whales not too long ago? It was covered up by the media.


2 posted on 02/05/2023 8:42:25 PM PST by BipolarBob (The rumor has not been confirmed until the FBI officially denies it.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Disaster for whom?


3 posted on 02/05/2023 8:52:02 PM PST by Steely Tom ([Voter Fraud] == [Civil War])
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To: SeekAndFind

All that mattered was the billions of dollars that went to government to industry insiders.


4 posted on 02/05/2023 8:56:27 PM PST by Jonty30 (THE URGE TO SAVE THE WORLD IS ALMOST ALWAYS AN URGE TO RULE IT)
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To: BipolarBob
Whales. Bald Eagles.


5 posted on 02/05/2023 8:57:34 PM PST by WeaslesRippedMyFlesh (wake me up when somebody tells the truth)
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To: Steely Tom

I don’t get it. The punchline is hiding in there somewhere, but I cant find it.
When my boys were little, I taught them my variation on an old joke, which I think is a lot more funny:
ME: My uncle lost his nose in an industrial accident.
SON: my goodness! how does he smell?
ME: just awful!

Now that’s a joke


6 posted on 02/05/2023 8:57:40 PM PST by j.havenfarm (22 years on Free Republic, 12/10/22! more then 6500 replies and still not shutting up!)
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To: BipolarBob
Wind winding down? The entire industry is hitting headwinds they hadn’t counted on and it could spell disaster.

Speaking of windy ones (I just saw this story in the Fri WSJ,) mentioning that our reliable Congress passed a 1.TRILLION Super-spending environmental bill, with a longer description of the pointing out the many millions that goes for all manner of waste, fraud and abuse, that is the money wastes, commits frauds and abuses the taxpayers...I just noticed it, as I say, but I think you can google it or look it up on the news anywhere now. Friday night. Congress. Kevin and the boys. I would have posted this as it is supposed to be posted, but I am to old,old, dumb and clumsy.

7 posted on 02/05/2023 9:03:06 PM PST by Fightin Whitey
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To: j.havenfarm

“backed into a propeller”

“disaster!” (Dis-Assed-Her)

Took me a minute to figure it out. Groan!


8 posted on 02/05/2023 9:04:35 PM PST by ProtectOurFreedom (Once you get people to believe that a plural pronoun is singular, they'll believe anything - nicollo)
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To: j.havenfarm

diss assed her


9 posted on 02/05/2023 9:05:45 PM PST by Licensed-To-Carry (John 14:6 )
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To: SeekAndFind

I drove down the Columbia River Gorge on Saturday on the north side of the gorge on WA-14. There were hundreds of wind turbines on the Oregon side of the river and NOT ONE was turning. The weird thing is the turbines on the north side of the river (the Washington side) WERE turning, albeit rather slowly.

Every time I see that spectacle of hundreds or thousands of those machines sitting there generating NOTHING I reflect on the pitiful nature of this industry. The machines typically have a capacity factor of 28% (actual output divided by nameplate rating over a year long period). The only entity that would invest in any asset with that horrible utilization is GOVERNMENT.


10 posted on 02/05/2023 9:08:09 PM PST by ProtectOurFreedom (Once you get people to believe that a plural pronoun is singular, they'll believe anything - nicollo)
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To: SeekAndFind
My college thesis back in 1981 was a feasibility study of wind turbines in the Rolling Plains and High Plains of Texas.

Lots of wind studies and costs analysis.

Conclusion was that wind turbines were only feasible with the current government subsidies in place at that time.

*The government subsidies have continued since that period of 1981.

12 posted on 02/05/2023 9:09:24 PM PST by Deaf Smith (When a Texan takes his chances, chances will be taken that's for sure.)
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To: Licensed-To-Carry; ProtectOurFreedom

Thanks, FRiends. Shouldn’t have to work that hard. I still like mine better


13 posted on 02/05/2023 9:10:16 PM PST by j.havenfarm (22 years on Free Republic, 12/10/22! more then 6500 replies and still not shutting up!)
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To: Licensed-To-Carry

Sorry. Maybe I am stupid, but I still don’t get it. Diss is disrespected.


14 posted on 02/05/2023 9:24:40 PM PST by alternatives? (The only reason to have an army is to defend your borders.)
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To: Steely Tom; j.havenfarm

Dis = negate or remove
as = ass (rear end, buttocks)
t = ed
er = her

She backed into a propeller it dis assed her.


15 posted on 02/05/2023 9:30:25 PM PST by OSHA (The Constitution is a small box carefully crafted to keep government in. We let it escape.)
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To: SeekAndFind

If they put up too many windmills, the wind will slow down. Tell that to a greenie beenie. When they say that’s crazy, respond.with, kind of like global warming.


16 posted on 02/05/2023 9:47:23 PM PST by Neverlift (When someone says "you just can't make this stuff up" odds are good, somebody did.)
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To: WeaslesRippedMyFlesh; BipolarBob

The legacy of wind turbines. Millions of worn-out wind turbine blades, containing poly- and perfluoroalkyl substances, perfluorooctanoic acid and perfluorooctane sulfonates. They cant be recycled so they are left to rot. #GreenEnergy pic.twitter.com/N9a94oC0sa— John Lee Pettimore (@JohnLeePettim13) February 4, 2023


17 posted on 02/05/2023 9:50:04 PM PST by grey_whiskers ( (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.))
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To: SeekAndFind

Nothing a few trillion tax dollars can’t fix and mandates that the sheep buy this expensive unreliable electricity.


18 posted on 02/05/2023 10:37:19 PM PST by Organic Panic (Democrats. Memories as short as Joe Biden's eyes)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom
They'll be turning tonight...

Detailed forecast for Eastern Columbia River Gorge of Washington Tonight Mostly cloudy. A 20 percent chance of rain in the evening. Lows in the mid to upper 30s. Windy. West wind 20 to 30 mph. Gusts up to 30 mph increasing to 40 mph overnight"

19 posted on 02/05/2023 10:42:53 PM PST by steve86 (Numquam accusatus, numquam ad curiam ibit, numquam ad carcerem™)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

What to you call a cow who just gave birth?

a. Udderly bountiful.
b. Moother
c. Decaffeinated.
d. All the above.


20 posted on 02/05/2023 10:43:42 PM PST by Cvengr ( Adversity in life & death is inevitable; Stress is optional through faith in Christ.)
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