23-10-2019, 01:06 PM
(This post was last modified: 23-10-2019, 01:13 PM by Tony Griffiths.)
(23-10-2019, 11:07 AM)Reckless Rat Wrote: It really is quite laughable this obsession with so-called "green" initiatives. Apparently, the amount of fossil fuel energy needed to make just the cement for the concrete base of a wind turbine exceeds by a big margin any so called "free" electricity it will ever generate.....and when the hyper-expensive gearbox packs up....and when the wind doesn't blow...or blows too hard...or the wind is in the Goldilocks 15 to 45 mph range but the blades are covered in ice...or when the wind is not blowing, but its very cold and the blades have to be turned (by electricity) to stop the things freezing up. And, not forgetting that the whole idea is grossly uneconomic and funded by a huge addition to one's energy bill - the power generated costing around twice as much as that using nuclear, coal or gas. The Green Blob have a lot to answer for....