TX Wind Turbine Struck by Lighting, Turns Into Spinning Wheel of Fire

Wind energy is absolutely useless.

Pretty cool

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I thought that the data came out that wind turbines are a net loss. It takes more energy to build them and maintain them than you ever get from them.

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But china makes 80% of the turbines so it is ok.

This happened to be a faulty unit-- wind turbines are generally grounded to prevent destruction by lighting.

There are other hazards associated with a changing climate, and turbines, as well. About a dozen turbines were put out of service earlier this year in Knox County in West Texas thanks to a tornado.

I love showing this to greenie whackos

Figured they would be a little.more fire resistant. Impressive.

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Wind energy is absolutely useless.

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Ah, come on man! What could be wrong with a power source that is intermittent, has a short life expectancy, with a huge environmental foot print, is unreliable with a maintenance profile more like an aircraft 200' up in the air while killing lots of birds.

It's all unicorns and rainbows!

We can always rely on solar!

My PePaw used to blow rings like that when he smoked his reds

Those things are aesthetically ugly, not to mention the birds. We should be building a thousand mini nuclear reactors like on aircraft carriers with underground wires in storm vulnerable areas. That would be real Infrastructure security and efficiency.