Abandon Wind Power Now !
The most effective use of
wind turbines is killing insects,
which attracts birds and bats,
who get shredded too,
which attracts bigger birds
that eat the fresh remain,
and the predator birds
get shredded too.
Wind turbines
provide expensive
electricity.
Coal-fired and
nuclear power plants
replaced by wind turbines
had produced electricity
at a lower cost.
The EIA lies to Americans
when they say the cost
of electricity from wind
is the same as from
natural gas power plants.
The use of large amounts
of intermittent wind power
requires the use of very
expensive storage batteries.
A cost ignored.
No one can
accurately predict
when the wind
will blow.
Wind turbines need
at least 6 mph wind
to generate any electricity,
and must be shut down
when the wind speed
is greater than 55 mph.
Wind turbines must be
shut down when there are
severe freezing conditions.
The best wind
for the wind turbines
is usually located
one hundred, to
one thousand,
miles from where
the electricity
is needed.
New expensive
transmission lines
must be built
to bring the electricity
to where it is used.
A cost ignored.
Underwater
transmission lines,
for offshore wind farms
are even more expensive.
It costs $2,000 per KW
to build a new wind turbine,
while it only costs $1,000
per KW for a new natural gas
plant.
The wind turbine
will have to be
replaced after 20 years,
while the gas power plant
can operate for 60 years.
The gas plant operates
at an average capacity
of at least 85%,
while on-shore wind
averages 30% of
maximum power output
capacity, or less,
on average.
The natural gas power plant
produces more than twice
as much electricity
as does a wind turbine
with the same capacity,
over the year.
The growth rate
for electricity
consumption
for the past ten years
has been very low.
Wind power is for nations
with more money than brains,
and for those who think
giant bird shredders are fun
(losers).