From: "chine.bleu" <chine.bleu@yahoo.com>
Newsgroups: alt.global-warming,alt.fan.rush-limbaugh,can.politics,alt.politics.liberalism,alt.politics.democrats,alt.politics.usa.republican
Subject: Re: Soooo ignorant! Re: Soooo Efficient!
Date: Thu, 04 Sep 2025 12:25:44 -0700
Organization: semi-chaotic
Alan wrote:
> On 2025-09-01 21:14, AlleyCat wrote:
>> A two-megawatt windmill is made up of 260 tons of steel that required
>> 300 tons of iron ore and 170 tons of coking coal, all mined,
>> transported and produced by hydrocarbons.
>>
>> They each consume 10'000 liters (more than 2600 gallons) of crude oil
>> based lubricants per year.
>
> 'How much lubricant does a 2 MW wind turbine use in a year?
>
> A typical 2 MW wind turbine uses approximately 80 gallons (about 300
> liters) of lubricating oil per year for maintenance and operational
> efficiency. This figure includes oil used in the gearbox, yaw and pitch
> systems, braking systems, and other components requiring lubrication.'
>
> So you were only wrong by a factor of 33, Loser!
>
> :-)
Every generator consumes resources to produce electricity.
A coal fire generator is also made of steel and requires iron, coke, and
heat. And the turbine-generator has metal rubbing on metal and so needs
lubrication. That is not why I am anti-coal.
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