CFACT Editor,
Wind is intermittent, inefficient, yet highly subsidized. People are pushing back.
In Episode 22 of @cfact‘s Conservation Country video series, host @GabriellaHoffman travels to Eastern Oklahoma to learn about the region’s fight against wind industrialization. Tune in to learn more!
There is literally nothing good that can be said of wind turbines. They are an abomination on the landscape, and drag the grid down, but don’t worry, that will only be for perhaps the dozen or so years that they are operational. Then they will sit, gradually decaying and being eyesores and leaking lubricant for who knows how long – probably decades.
They never seem concerned about the toxic fumes from burning wind turbines…
.. so why would a bit of oil pollution under a wind turbine concern them !!
PCB Has caused many an Electric Utility multiple headaches
Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in oil, historically used in electrical equipment (transformers, capacitors), are highly persistent toxic pollutants. They cause severe environmental contamination, bioaccumulate in food chains, and pose serious human health risks, including cancer, immune system damage, and reproductive issues. Due to these dangers, they are strictly regulated, with bans in place and requirements for disposal
“Wind Energy Churns up Grassroots”
This not really correct. 😉
What wind turbine vibrations do is scare all the soil critters away, and the soil becomes more compact with less usable organic matter (eg worm poop).
This means the grassroots actually get compressed, rather than churned up, and cannot access water properly, eventually leading to a barren area.
ps.. yes, I am aware that is not what the author meant .;-)
