Trump to ban windmills in the USA?

[Allan]

These costs you represent are flawed in two ways. First of, it is generation capacity. Coal, gas, etc. can sustain that 24/7/365. Solar only has less than 1/4 the rated capacity as an annual average. Wind, is up in the air. Chaotic and unpredictable.

No one is saying that wind and solar are a solution that can replace all other sources. It compliments energy generation sources that can fill the gap when wind or solar aren't providing enough electricity.

The second flaw is those numbers are reduced for solar and wind with the tax credits they get that other power doesn't.

How do you know that?

 

[NJBob]

I initially thought windmill farms were innovative, however there are downsides to wind-power that make it impractical in too many places. And it does kill a lot of birds.

Yes, hundreds of thousands of birds are killed by windmills strikes each year. Would banning windmills be appropriate?

Hundreds of millions of birds are killed building strikes each year. Would banning buildings be appropriate?

 

[NJBob]

Why are centuries old windmills in Holland considered beautiful tourist attractions but modern windmills are an eyesore?

 

[Peter]

The UK has built the worlds largest offshore windfarms and they are helping us become self sufficient in energy.
We were the first nation to use coal as a source of power and we were the first to close all our coal fired power stations.

Trump can piss off.

 

[Allan]

I initially thought windmill farms were innovative, however there are downsides to wind-power that make it impractical in too many places. And it does kill a lot of birds.

The Down Side to Wind Power | Harvard University Center for the Environment

www.environment.harvard.edu

Last time I checked, Harvard is not a "rightie"

The number one killer of birds is cats - about 1/2 billion murders a year.

Numbers 2 and 3 are buildings and towers such as electricity transmission towers and microwave towers.

 

[NuffSaid]

Why are centuries old windmills in Holland considered beautiful tourist attractions but modern windmills are an eyesore?

Two reasons -

One is that its in Holland and MAGA don't say that. They don't leave their suburbs.
Two is that only MAGA think windmills in the US are eyesores - all because Trump said so.
If Trump told them that yellow flowers are ugly, MAGA would start wanting to ban yellow flowers.

 

[Allan]

Two reasons -

One is that its in Holland and MAGA don't say that. They don't leave their suburbs.
Two is that only MAGA think windmills in the US are eyesores - all because Trump said so.
If Trump told them that yellow flowers are ugly, MAGA would start wanting to ban yellow flowers.

Energy production isn't pretty. Hydroelectric dams, coal plants, high voltage transmission lines - all ugly as hell.

 

[Helix]

I doubt that wind farms will go extinct in the US.

 

[Cope]

He's tilting at windmills.

While I am not a fan of subsidizing them, if they are cost competitive, and can be built as an alternative energy source, by all means.

 

[MAGAnificent]

The number one killer of birds is cats - about 1/2 billion murders a year.

We are not talking about sparrows, red cardinals, house finches, etc. We are talking about the big birds. And Felix the cat cannot quite reach that altitude,

 

[MAGAnificent]

Why are centuries old windmills in Holland considered beautiful tourist attractions but modern windmills are an eyesore?

Centuries old Dutch windmills are not spread out in windmill farms.

 

[MAGAnificent]

Please explain to me how we are somehow restricted to using a single form of energy production.

I have never suggested that we should be.

 

[Luce]

I have never suggested that we should be.

You did. You said it wasn't appropriate everywhere and you were correct. But that just implies that in other areas you'd use hydro, nuclear power, or more standard energy plants.

As for the birds you mentioned, do you know what happens to them around a coal plant?

 

[WorldWatcher]

Yes, hundreds of thousands of birds are killed by windmills strikes each year. Would banning windmills be appropriate?

Hundreds of millions of birds are killed building strikes each year. Would banning buildings be appropriate?

No.

But they could put signage up around the perimeter.

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[Lursa]

Why are centuries old windmills in Holland considered beautiful tourist attractions but modern windmills are an eyesore?

A good side to current windmills is minimal environmental impact and the ability to remove them one day with little permanent damage. They generally only require minimum road access (if on land of course).

 

[Lursa]

We are not talking about sparrows, red cardinals, house finches, etc. We are talking about the big birds. And Felix the cat cannot quite reach that altitude,

Why are the "big birds" more important or valuable?

 

[Allan]

Why are the "big birds" more important or valuable?

He also fails to understand that "big birds" land and nest.

 

[Sooner or Later]

Ha! How about Donna questioning the placement of deer crossing signs. Trust me, must listen.

No.

But they could put signage up around the perimeter.

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[Michael Cole]

No.

But they could put signage up around the perimeter.

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Birds don't listen. They're like the anti-maskers, "I will not comply."

Luckily for them, we have state troopers that are adept at guiding them off the freeway unharmed. Dumb birds.

 

[Airyaman]

I love these videos!

 

[Allan]

The poor UK PM has to listen to the drivel of the dumbest leader in the free world.

 

[The AntiDonald]

Imagine being so ****ing stupid and gullible that Trump says that windmills are killing us and that they are the most expensive form of energy, and you just believe him.

I'd give my left gonad to have a 20KW windmill in my back yard. A big nice, beautiful 100-foot-tall cancer-causing power making windmill.

 

[Lord of Planar]

I'd give my left gonad to have a 20KW windmill in my back yard. A big nice, beautiful 100-foot-tall cancer-causing power making windmill.

Maybe we can start a Kickstarter fund for you.

 

[CaughtInThe]

 

[Allan]

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I would add a golf course. All fairways Par 3 with average length 2,000 yards.