Another Invenergy Wind Turbine Blade Failure! –

This wind industry has a pretty bad history around the world. I just did some google searches and found a website called windaction.org. Wow do they have the documents.

They are building these because we supposedly need to stop global warming. Well see this link for a petition signed by more than 30 thousand scientists from this country stating the global warming propaganda is all lies. More than 9 thousand of the signatories are Phd level people.
http://www.petitionproject.org/

I have to comment on common sense’s statement “if we dont’ want to look at the turbines or have the jobs we’ll have to reduce energy consumption”. Really? Only two options? We either put up systems that don’t work (wind) or we get punished with less power? Who says those are the only two options? The wind industry maybe?
For one thing…these don’t produce power that’s valuable because they are intermittent, so by putting these up and cutting conventional fuel generators, we will still have to reduce our power consumption because the cost of available electricity will skyrocket…Just Like Obama Said it Would!
Common Sense…you sound a lot like a troll for the wind industry.

Common Sense says if we don’t want wind machines we’ll have to lower our energy consumption. Hmmm “Do what we tell you or you’ll suffer.” Sounds rather coercive. Since these machines don’t provide steady reliable power, which is required in modern society, I believe we’ll have two problems: wind power with less power to consume. Why? Because these don’t work. You must use conventional fuels to get steady reliable power. All regular generators must keep running in case wind stops. It does seem likethis wealth transfer scheme gives lots of subsides to GE while Obama fulfills his promise to “necessarily cause electricity rates to skyrocket.”
Look up the Eon Netz study from Germany on their own wind installations. Eon is the operator and reported that turbines were only 8% efficient on the grid. In reality, completely unreliable as a source that could be trusted. Grid reliability is the only number that matters, not name plate capacity or any other number thrown around by these companies.
Common Sense, why are you advocating a system that is completely bogus, fails all common sense understandings, and will help close businesses that can’t afford more energy costs? Just wondering what your benefit is in promoting these things?

Common Sense raises a good point…I don’t believe oil/coal/gas need subsidies. But on the other hand…those energy modalities are generally considered economically viable on their own. Wind is not nor is Solar…which means that when people take subsidies for those they are taking money and not producing value for it. So yep…they are traitors in a way.

Many (all?) of the failing blades on the GE 1.6-100 turbines were manufactured in Brazil. But, not to worry, the E.on rep, quoted above, says “Such failures are rare”, and our own Tipton County commissioners — who *must* be experts, right? — have publicly stated that there is “no imminent danger”. It will take a seven-ton blade falling on someone’s head, or crashing through someone’s bedroom wall before this foolishness stops…

TO COMMON SENSE, I SAY “GET SOME!”
First…these contraptions operate in a forced market. That’s not free market….that’s communistic forced purchases dictated by the laws (In Illinois its called RPS). If these are truly economically beneficial…why do they need a forced market?
Second…these boondoggles don’t get investors until there is a guarantee they are getting the government subsidies. If these were economically beneficial, the investors would be flocking to them WITHOUT any subsidies.
Third…so called green jobs come at a huge price. 40,000 fairly low paid people working somewhere maybe. How about every coal plant that closes…or now nuclear plant…shutting down thousands of high paid permanent jobs here in this country. (80% of wind turbine manufacturing is done off-shore…meaning we are losing most of the subsidy money and jobs to overseas labor). Turbine workers make less than conventional…and there are very few of them comparatively.
One last comment on jobs…Spain focused lots of money on creating green jobs. Juan Carlos University did a study that showed for every green job created 2 other jobs were lost in the economy, and each green job cost 800,000 to create. You can find this study on the internet. So, Common Sense, do your homework before spewing misinformation.

Now Common mentions about the “jobs”… well I’d like to get a straight answer on jobs.. are these part of the “green” jobs where if the manufacturer of an airplane bolt — uses that same bolt in a wind turbine it’s a “green” job. And the person who is in the plant that manufacturers the bolt and scrubs the floor are they part of the job. And, the person who operates the computer out of, for instance, Chicago that operates wind turbines in 3 wind projects are they 3 jobs or 1 job or perhaps each individual wind turbine is counted. The maintenance crew of maybe 4 who change the oil on 10 wind projects is that 40 jobs or 4 jobs.
The construction crew who go from CO to various wind projects is each individual counted again and again as a job.

Where were these manufactured with our tax dollars?
Maybe if they had been manufactured in our country with our tax dollar subsidies, they would have been held to a higher standard

When these go obsolete they will fall apart and drop parts for years. Look at Hawaii and California where they are abandoned. Anyone who believes these work is a moron. Anyone who is benefitting from the government subsidies is a traitor. Yeah that goes for the greedy farmers with their hands in my back pocket looking for government subsidies.

I don’t disagree with your “Watchdog thinking” about the”Watch for Falling Turbine Blades” at 1500′ distances from each turbine because that is the distance blade pieces have been reported to travel.” But, what I think is unfair is because of poorly written ordinances part of the 1500 feet setback is in my back yard and I didn’t “sign-up” for this hunk of junk piece of equipment — and now I have to be worried about it (blade) flying off into my property! Whatever happen to my peacefull enjoyment of my property.

Oh..but these are really safe. LOL….I love to hear a good corporate lie once in awhile. They always make me laugh.