From: NoBody <NoBody@nowhere.com>
Newsgroups: alt.global-warming,alt.fan.rush-limbaugh,can.politics,alt.politics.liberalism,alt.politics.democrats,alt.politics.usa.republican
Subject: Re: Soooo Cheap - Nope
Date: Sat, 15 Nov 2025 08:45:37 -0500
Organization: A noiseless patient Spider
On Fri, 14 Nov 2025 23:54:44 -0600, AlleyCat <katt@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>Wind Power's Hidden Costs
>
>To power half of the US with wind, we would need more than a million turbines.
>
>Each 2-megawatt turbine requires almost 1700 tonnes of material, including
>1300 tonnes of concrete, 295 tonnes of steel, 48 tonnes of iron, 24 tonnes of
>fiberglass, and on top of that, rare minerals too.
>
>In total, that's 3.7 trillion pounds of raw material. Mining for these
>materials is one of the most polluting industries on the planet, all for a
>turbine that will wear out in 15 to 20 years. And it's not just the turbines
>themselves, billions of tonnes are needed for transmission lines and
>batteries.
>
>This isn't a green transition, it's an endless and expensive cycle of mining
>and rebuilding for NO discernible benefit.
>
>https://video.twimg.com/amplify_video/1989264892700835840/vid/avc1/720x1280/So
>JQIX8SERGGabwM.mp4
But we're saving the planet...
Right??
Right???