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olejoedad
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OCT 12, 08:59 PM
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randye
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OCT 12, 09:10 PM
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rinselberg
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OCT 13, 09:12 PM
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"Offshore wind [works in tandem with] solar energy by providing [zero carbon energy] at the end of the day and into the evening..."
"... [upwards of 2000 MW] of offshore wind [energy] by 2030 and 25,000 MW by 2045, enough to power 3.75 million homes [by 2030] and 25 million homes by [2045]."
California Energy Commission press release; August 10, 2022.
https://www.energy.ca.gov/n...ugh-power-upwards-25[This message has been edited by rinselberg (edited 10-13-2022).]
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randye
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OCT 13, 11:27 PM
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rinselberg
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OCT 14, 05:46 PM
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I didn't need to go searching online to be able to say with the utmost confidence that the meme that just emerged on this thread is "bull"—but I searched and found this:
| quote | | Wind turbines produce no greenhouse gas emissions during their operation. It takes a turbine just three to six months to produce the amount of energy that goes into its manufacture, installation, operation, maintenance [and its] decommissioning after its 20-25 year lifetime. During its lifetime a wind turbine delivers up to 80 times more energy than is used in its production, maintenance and scrapping. Wind energy has the lowest ‘lifecycle emissions’ of all energy production technologies. |
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It's from WindEurope, a newsletter that is sponsored by the wind energy industry, so not an inherently objective or unbiased source. Nevertheless, I would probably die instantly of a heart attack if anyone on this forum would actually substantiate the meme that "a windmill could spin until it falls apart and never generate as much energy as was invested in building it."
With an incentive like that, what's holding anyone back?
[This message has been edited by rinselberg (edited 10-14-2022).]
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MidEngineManiac
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OCT 14, 05:56 PM
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It's actually more of a turquoise color...
But I guess you could call it green(ish) energy.
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randye
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OCT 14, 09:51 PM
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randye
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OCT 14, 09:56 PM
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Hudini
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OCT 15, 09:14 AM
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rinselberg
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OCT 15, 10:15 AM
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"GE is laying off 20% of its U.S. workforce devoted to onshore wind power, costing hundreds of jobs"
Seema Mody for CNBC; October 6, 2022.
https://www.cnbc.com/2022/1...undreds-of-jobs.html
It's a brief report, which starts with three "bullets"...
- GE is cutting hundreds of jobs in its onshore wind power group.
- The move comes as GE faces a trifecta of challenges: Rising input costs, supply chain issues, and competition from the likes of Siemens.
- GE is also in the process of splitting into three publicly traded companies, focused on health care, aerospace and energy.
Forum readers (hoping that's not an oxymoron) should remark that I've been highlighting the prospects for offshore wind energy.[This message has been edited by rinselberg (edited 10-15-2022).]
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