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philip964 wrote: ↑Wed Apr 28, 2021 10:20 am There is no free lunch.

My view wind turbines would slow the earth’s rotation.

Ugly.

Kill birds.

And a recycling issue.

Nuke is by far the cheapest. But it has “issues”.

Fusion, let’s make it happen.

May I have a portable Tokamak for my backyard?

The problem with wind is variability and the grid cannot tolerate variability. The amount of wind energy input into the grid must be backed up with 90 of the wind farm’s input with conventional generation. The grid can’t handle constant up and down. The back up has to be there.

Out in West Texas they really don't need to turn because the wind comes from two directions north and south across I10. Just 15 to 20 mph seems to get those behemoths moving. The problem I have is every time I go by them, 6 to 7 times a year, about 60% are not moving. Seems random like they are turned off or locked down. There will be six in a row and it's almost like every other one is not running.

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