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14. Sure. I oppose dangerous fossil fuels, on which the wind industry is dependent, and for which...
Tue May 11, 2021, 06:51 PM
May 2021

the wind industry serves as lipstick on the pig.

Every damned wind turbine on this planet will be landfill within 25 years, with maybe 5 or 6 exceptions.

They will shed polymers into the ocean, and future generations will have to clean up the mess.

The mass to energy ratio is abysmal, to the point of disgusting, and any system which requires redundancy to operate is needlessly expensive, wasteful of vanishing resources, and destructive to wilderness.

I am appalled by the idea of turning wilderness, including offshore wilderness, into industrial parks for a pop affectation that has soaked up vast sums of money and done zero to address climate change.

Neither the wind industry nor the solar industry will ever be as safe, as sustainable, nor as clean as nuclear energy.

Period.

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