Look, windmills are silly for all sorts of reasons but this is comically incorrect.
A quick search will show that you need about 20 Gj of energy to make a ton of steel. That is 5,555 kWh of energy and it costs roughly $600.
For comparison that is about 6 months electricity average use per home in the US.
260 tons of steel require 1,444 MWh of energy. A 2 MWh turbine can generate that in ~722 hours of continuous generation. Even if you get 2 hrs of wind per day that's ~1 year.
no argument there. They are ugly, noisy, inefficient, require coal/gas/nuclear backup... they are climate virtue signaling. Or more likely money laundering, an efficient way for corrupt politicians to funnel money into their friends...
Look, windmills are silly for all sorts of reasons but this is comically incorrect. A quick search will show that you need about 20 Gj of energy to make a ton of steel. That is 5,555 kWh of energy and it costs roughly $600. For comparison that is about 6 months electricity average use per home in the US. 260 tons of steel require 1,444 MWh of energy. A 2 MWh turbine can generate that in ~722 hours of continuous generation. Even if you get 2 hrs of wind per day that's ~1 year.
I believe you. I just hate these bird killers. I did not research before I posted.
no argument there. They are ugly, noisy, inefficient, require coal/gas/nuclear backup... they are climate virtue signaling. Or more likely money laundering, an efficient way for corrupt politicians to funnel money into their friends...