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Texas Windmill Operation
allen griggs
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This is the Loraine Wind Park in Loraine, Texas, way out on I 20 west of Abilene, way out in the country.
It is a long way to any city so I wonder where they send all this electricity. There was an 8 mph breeze but these Big Boys were really cranking!
These things are really huge! It must be 200 feet to the top of the blade when at 12:00 High.
I counted 234 of these on the north side of I 20, and they just faded off into the horizon. There must be more than that.
Also there are just as many on the south side.
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That includes wind generated, solar and geothermal power. They get the benefits we deal with the pollution....[V][V]
And the ones in California sit Idle.
That's because they create too much pollution and or negative impact on the environment. And the California tree huggers won't let them operate them
but they not have no problem with other states dealing with their pollution and or negative impact on the environment. [xx(][xx(][xx(]
She is not a fan of the turbines. She says the number of birds and bats that they kill is unreal. The blades don't have to hit something to kill it. The end of those blades are moving at upwords of 125 mph. She says they created little vortex's behind them and if a small bird or bat flies through it, it damages their lungs and they die.
You can walk on those mountain tops and not hear a single bird now.
My friend is a retired insurance inspector. He claims these are so inefficient, they should all be taken down. Such a small window of wind speeds to operate correctly.
The only one who makes out is the landowner who leases the land and the contractors who install and maintain them.
A true blight on the countryside.
I hate them.
Uglier than sin itself.
My friend is a retired insurance inspector. He claims these are so inefficient, they should all be taken down. Such a small window of wind speeds to operate correctly.
The only one who makes out is the landowner who leases the land and the contractors who install and maintain them.
A true blight on the countryside.
I hate them.
I don't like them either, Ed. They were all along my latest route from Seattle to San Diego, to East Texas, Missouri, and back. And now that Josh has made note about the danger they represent to birds the picture gets uglier yet.
Uglier than sin itself.
My friend is a retired insurance inspector. He claims these are so inefficient, they should all be taken down. Such a small window of wind speeds to operate correctly.
The only one who makes out is the landowner who leases the land and the contractors who install and maintain them.
A true blight on the countryside.
I hate them.
I don't like them either, Ed. They were all along my latest route from Seattle to San Diego, to East Texas, Missouri, and back. And now that Josh has made note about the danger they represent to birds the picture gets uglier yet.