Most windmills are owned by, you guessed it, the coal / natural gas power companies. Government subsidies make it profitable for them to build and install these bastards and never make a cent off of them. Also, windmills house... diesel generators, and use a lot of oil for lubrication. Liberal fuckwits love killing shit tons of eagles for power that the power companies are subsidized to produce and they usually don’t even use it because it causes brownouts & often requires MORE coal / gas use at the power plants to compensate for fluctuations in output power from the mills. Ramp up to meet drop, ramp down when it’s windy, then expel even more to ramp up the next day when the wind dies. The grid relies on CONSTANT power, the plants have to maintain this. Think of how city fuel economy is worse than highway... the same principle applies. It’s because of the constant starting stopping that consumes more fuel. Of course the power companies love this, cash cow for them either way. Taxpayer foots the bill.
Most windmills are owned by, you guessed it, the coal / natural gas power companies. Government subsidies make it profitable for them to build and install these bastards and never make a cent off of them. Also, windmills house... diesel generators, and use a lot of oil for lubrication. Liberal fuckwits love killing shit tons of eagles for power that the power companies are subsidized to produce and they usually don’t even use it because it causes brownouts & often requires MORE coal / gas use at the power plants to compensate for fluctuations in output power from the mills. Ramp up to meet drop, ramp down when it’s windy, then expel even more to ramp up the next day when the wind dies. The grid relies on CONSTANT power, the plants have to maintain this. Think of how city fuel economy is worse than highway... the same principle applies. It’s because of the constant starting stopping that consumes more fuel. Of course the power companies love this, cash cow for them either way. Taxpayer foots the bill.