Few weeks ago I filled in at rig that was in windmill country for two days. It use to be easy to spot the rigs. Look for the tallest thing on the land. Now its almost impossible to see them thru all the windmills.
Everyone thinks windmills are clean and efficient and the better way to go for energy. The closer you get to one you notice a few things.
First off they are huge!!!! Second, you can see the bird strikes up and down the post. Then you notice how quite they are. At night if they don’t flash you don’t know they are there at all. Like ghosts.
And then you look closer and see the oil dripping off the turbine and realize these take more petroleum products to make and operate then they replace.
They do make for some interesting photos. Especially when the thunderstorms blow by…
“take more petroleum products to make and operate then they replace.” should maybe be “still require petroleum products to function effectively ” unless you have data about the long term use and output of windmills producing less power than burning the oil directly.
Found out today that it takes 10 years for one of these things to generate enough energy to pay for itself. 10 years vs. 1 week to 1 Month that these oil wells take.