Panhandle wind power scenery

[ladrones]

When I fly from Roswell to Dallas I can see thousands of the commie made welfare recipients out on the landscape. The have a chant they sing while spinning in the wind "boy you Americans are sure stupid."

[18ncs]

yep, they've ruined my view at my Jack county place also. I'd bet in 10 yrs they're rusty eye sores when the gov't subsidies run out

At some point this^^^^

[marceco]

Up to 4 million a pop....it depends on how many and the contractors used to build out each machine. Just the electric turbine alone is around a million bucks. Ugly as sin and monstrous.

Solar panels would be a better proposition. All State and Federal buildings should be mandated to have each roof paneled for solar energy with a portion of the State and or Federal owned property, setup with a grid as well. Covered parking with the roof entirely solar panel.

The sides of freeway overpasses.....solar grid.
Signs on the freeway marking directions....solar grid.
Everything tax paid should be reviewed for solar grid coverage.

Just one of dozens of ways to develop energy without these massive pin wheels.

This is how it is here in Australia ; there is Solar Panels EVERYWHERE . Almost every house house some and then a lot have them on their sheds and shops as well . There is also water tanks set up on almost every house as well . I believe a few years ago the housing law requires the use of " tank water " for the flushing of stools . . .

[flywise]

When I fly from Roswell to Dallas I can see thousands of the commie made welfare recipients out on the landscape. The have a chant they sing while spinning in the wind "boy you Americans are sure stupid."

i think you meant to say "boy those liberal Americans sure are stupid"
and i'll throw in a few gutless republicans as well

[Rudyl]

I wonder how much electricity they are generating?

[mjhaverkamp]

I own a couple hundred acres north of Muenster, I thought they were going to try and put them on or very near our place, they put them to the southwest of us, maybe ten miles or so, can see them from the cabin.

[ladrones]

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i think you meant to say "boy those liberal Americans sure are stupid"
and i'll throw in a few gutless republicans as well

It is hard for me to tell the difference between either group.

[Slew]

Roscoe

My buddy has land there. Can sit on the porch and watch cars drive down 20 7 miles away!' Looks like an alien takeover w all the blinking red lights at night.

[AtTheWall]

The problem with wind energy is the unpredictability in wind power. When the wind stops blowing, the power grid is void of electrical current which in turn requires a backup energy source. This backup energy source is typically diesel and or steam turbine energy which is then kicked into operation which greatly increases the operating cost of wind power. Having a part time power plant, to act as backup to unpredictable wind energy, adds considerable cost to the entire infrastructure and power grid.

Solar is more reliable, most particularly to new age solar cells which still provide energy output in cloudy weather.

Wave and tidal energy is so un-used and there is a constant variable with tidal energy. The tide will rise and the tide will fall every day. During storm conditions, this energy can be two to threefold in output or more. One cubic foot of seawater weighs 64lbs....that alone is a very considerable power force if the flow of water current can be leveraged in a power grid.

We have natural gas by the trillions and trillions of metric tons in shale now. It's way cheaper as an energy source than wind power.

Wind power also has subsidies tied to it meaning, our taxpayer dollars are lining the pockets of land owners who are lucky enough to meet the wind turbine's annual minimum wind rating. Where as, natural gas is getting hammered by the EPA with rates pushed to deny it's viability as an energy source.

We haven't gotten to the point that wind power should be leveraged before we develop cleaner and better natural gas power operations. If folks want to complain about pollutants and CO2 ratings of natural gas, wind turbines require an element called neodymium which is produced in Mongolia. It's made by boiling ores in acid which creates lakes of radioactive wastelands.

There's a lot hidden by the press with alternative energies. I'm not giving up on any of them but it does not make any economic sense to use higher cost forms of energy during a time where we need to use cheaper fuels now, and the development and furthering of alternative energies MATURED TO A POINT, it doesn't kill the economy and line only the few pockets these energies deliver to.

[Swamplizard79]

There is also one in Presidio, TX, I think its the largest in the country. Only problem is, we need more of them connected to the windpower grid

I'm pretty sure the E.on site in Roscoe is the largest. I used to work for Nextera Energy Horse Hollow site when it was the largest in 2008. I see most people on here have there negative opinions about a Wind Farm but it's given my family a excellent living over the past 7 years. I bet if most of these folks had them on their land they wouldn't complain about the fat checks they get once a month.

God bless tree huggers!

[AtTheWall]

I'm pretty sure the E.on site in Roscoe is the largest. I used to work for Nextera Energy Horse Hollow site when it was the largest in 2008. I see most people on here have there negative opinions about a Wind Farm but it's given my family a excellent living over the past 7 years. I bet if most of these folks had them on their land they wouldn't complain about the fat checks they get once a month.

God bless tree huggers!

Yes and a lot of that fat check are tax payers dollars, you and I pay as subsidies, green energy subsidies = "you get credits," so they can bank roll their good fortunes.

Yet those with natural gas, are penalized by the Feds, more and more each year. Not subsidies and no brownie points.

It's a sad state of energy affairs where the rest of us just continue to see costs rise and rise without any discount for conserving and driving and or using less electrical energy.

If they were really serious, the Feds, anyone who uses less than the national average of electricity and or gas, should get a tax break.

Course....why would they want to do that? They need to find funding for Obamacare!

[Mudslinger]

They just announced the largest wind farm in the world will be built on 122,000 acres NE of Lubbock and will have 500 to 600 or the big wind turbines.

http://lubbockonline.com/local-news/2013-09-24/worlds-largest-wind-farm-coming-hale-county