From: Governor Swill <governor.swill@gmail.com>
Newsgroups: can.politics,alt.politics.trump,alt.fan.rush-limbaugh
Subject: Re: "Bat poop crazy"
Organization: Easynews - www.easynews.com
Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2025 19:28:12 -0400
On Tue, 29 Jul 2025 10:27:58 -0400, -hh
<recscuba_google@huntzinger.com> wrote:
>On 7/28/25 13:51, pothead wrote:
>> On 2025-07-28, -hh <recscuba_google@huntzinger.com> wrote:
>>> On 7/27/25 21:28, pothead wrote:
>>>> ...
>>>> Also the blades are very expensive to dispose of.
>>>
>>> IIRC, a Dutch company has announced a new material to make blades out of
>>> instead of fiberglass, which makes them nearly 100% recyclable.
>>>
>> Leave it to the Dutch.
>> They do seem to come up with some unique solutions.
>> This will help.
>
>It shows that the USA isn't the technology innovation leader here.
Because Republicans keep killing support for future technologies.
Maybe if they'd gotten behind wind power a couple of decades ago, WE
would be innovating and manufacturing more than anybody else.
Just like they're killing support for EVs and solar panels, if it's
looking to the future, Republicans will find a way to kill it.
>>>> And during hurricanes, which we do get on occaison, they fall apart.
>>>> Plus they look ugly.
>>>
>>> There's a lot more hurricanes down in the Gulf of Mexico, where there's
>>> literal fields of far uglier (& dirtier) oil wells.
Two words: Deepwater Horizon.
>> I don't see oil wells from my window or when boating.
>
>Are there oil fields out your window to be relevant? /s
>
>> If energy companies want to implement wind turbines, install them
>> in the middle of nowhere.
>
>The South Fork Wind Farm is 16 miles offshore, and an average day's
>littoral visibility is just 12 miles = out of sight range.
>
>
>> Same for solar panels which can be incorporated into the architecture so
>> less of an eyesore.
>
>Because oil wells aren't just as unsightly? While also being
>significantly worse environmentally too (how many abandoned wells are
>uncapped & still polluting?)
>> Again, let the market decide.
>The Market already is; Texas is a good example in particular:
>
>"This year through June, solar and wind have generated 40.2% of the
>electricity demand in the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT)
>grid region"
>
><https://pv-magazine-usa.com/2025/07/22/solar-wind-and-storage-reliably-power-texas-grid-during-unexpected-coal-shutdown/>
>
>
>-hh
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