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myLot reputation of 73/100. bobmnu (4815)   ranked 44 out of 1,741 in news 3 years ago

It seems that Minnesota has spent a lot of money for wind turbines only to find that on the windy days of winter the Tribunes are frozen and won't work. The cause is the Hydraulic Fluid and lubricants are turning into Gel and won't work in the cold climate. MN has a law that requires a certain percent of its energy to come from alternative sources. If you travel through MN you will see many Wind Turbines. If these only work on warm windy days. That means for about 1/4 of the year these Wind Turbines will not produce energy. What will the billions invested in these alternative energy sources ever be recovered by the production of energy in a cost effective manner?

 

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1. myLot reputation of 49/100. Destiny007 (4866)   ranked 717 out of 1,741 in news   3 years ago

No, it will not be recovered.

I think these wind farms are subsidized by the taxpayers, so they will never be profitable. They don't produce much energy anyway... they are merely an over-hyped dream of the greenies... who don't even want them in their backyards screwing up the view.


myLot reputation of 73/100. bobmnu (4815)   ranked 44 out of 1,741 in news  3 years ago

I traveled out west this summer and did not see one of these wind turbines by a stock water tank, but I did see a gasoline generator which ran the pump to see that the livestock had water. This tells me that wind power is not reliable.

I read where it cost $0.44 cents to produce 100 KW of electricity using coal and about $28.00 to produce the same amount of electricity. It does not make sense to me either.

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