THE TRUTH ABOUT WIND TURBINES

It is claimed that wind power is green, but it is not. At all.

Wind turbines are usually placed in desolate and hard-to-reach places where maximum yield can be realised. Usually this is on hillsides, open fields or water bodies.

When a wind turbine is built, a lot of damage is caused to nature. Thousands of kilos of iron and concrete are poured into the ground.

This video shows how and with what the foundations are made.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0vE6QkvcV-s

And this video shows the construction of a wind turbine from a to z.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84BeVq2Jm88

A wind turbine only has a lifespan of 20 years ( and 15 if placed in the ocean ) and costs on average between $2.6 million and $4 million ( or $1.3 million per MW on average ).

https://weatherguardwind.com/how-much-does-wind-turbine-cost-worth-it/

In Flanders, the cost is " slightly " more expensive. 3.81 million euros for a 3 MW turbine or 1,270 euros per kilowatt of energy ( 1 kilowatt is 1,000 watts ). Big investment for little.

https://www.mo.be/analyse/windturbines-vlaanderen-hoeveel-kosten-ze-en-hoeveel-leveren-ze-op

The smallest model of wind turbine with a maximum capacity of 2 MW weighs 1,688 tonnes ( which is the total weight of materials used either 1,300 tonnes of concrete, 295 tonnes of steel, 48 tonnes of iron, 24 tonnes of fibreglass, 4 tonnes of copper, .4 tonnes of neodymium, 650 kg of dysprosium ) or 23 times the total weight of an average house. Moreover, construction consumes an awful lot of energy ( electricity and fossil fuels ):

There are wind turbines with a maximum capacity of 12 MW. These are 260 metres high and have blades 107 m long ( for example, the offshore wind turbine Haliade-X ) and wind turbines with a yield of 7.5 MW with a height of 135 m and a diameter of 127 metres ( for example, the onshore Enercon E-126 ). The construction of such wind turbines requires a multiple of the material required for a 2MW wind turbine, which is very little compared to the cost required for construction x duration. There is no return on investment or in other words : the cost of construction, maintenance, any repairs and the operating cost far exceeds the return at 20 years.

There is also the environmental damage and the cost of transmission, which is not included in the construction cost quoted above. Think of the cost and environmental damage caused by the extraction of ore for iron and steel, the crushing of stones to make cement or concrete, the fossil fuels consumed for the production of epoxy and the transport of all materials, the propulsion of natural gas plants to compensate for the intermittent energy, the cables that have to be pulled from the turbine to the power plant, the trenches that have to be dug, often through nature. This is because the energy generated by wind turbines must also be transported, converted and stored in energy storage batteries.

To offset the global consumption of fossil fuels now and for the next 50 years, at least 1,642,000 wind turbines are needed provided the wind blows constantly at all locations but that is not the case which means double or possibly even triple the amount is needed. The investment is so huge that it reaches absurd proportions.

Many wind turbines do not reach the 20-year lifespan, catch fire due to a short circuit or some other phenomenon and cause severe air pollution. It is a public secret that is hushed to death. If you google on the keywords " wind turbine fire " you will be shocked how often it happens. Just recently in Italy, a wind turbine burned down completely.

Is it known that wind turbines are a problem ? Of course it is. Many studies and reports have been published. Among one telling report from 2006: http://www.aweo.org/ProblemWithWind.pdf

To top it all, on 05 February 2023, the Sunday Mail and Daily Record newspapers, exposed, thanks to a whistleblower, t that 71 wind turbines in Scotland are powered by fossil fuels ( diesel)

"Scottish Power admitted that 71 of its wind turbines were connected to fossil fuel supplies after a fault occurred in their power supply."

https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/dozens-scottish-power-wind-turbines-29135763?int_source=amp_continue_reading&int_medium=amp&int_campaign=continue_reading_button#amp-readmore-target

Using fossil fuel ( nota bene in times of crisis and alleged shortages ) to generate electricity and keep the turbines warm. Can it get any more absurd ?

Scotland may not be the only country to pull such crazy stuff.

Anyone who wonders why so many millions are anyway invested in wind power and not more attention is paid to other renewable energy sources such as solar panels, for example, should have a closer look at who owns the wind turbine market. In the USA, there is only one big player and that is MidAmerican Energy owned by Warren Buffet who has been the big driver behind wind power. Not because it is so good but because he made fortunes from it.