Wind farms are useless, says Duke of Edinburgh
20 November 2011, 03:51 PM
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Wind farms are useless, says Duke of Edinburgh
The Duke of Edinburgh has made a fierce attack on wind farms, describing them as “absolutely useless”.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ukne...says-Duke.html
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ukne...says-Duke.html
20 November 2011, 04:20 PM
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The man is a legend.
Future quote to be expected in the near future --->
"Reduce co2? Well, stop breathing then".
He has a point though...if they worked properly, they wouldn't need subsidies, would they?
Future quote to be expected in the near future --->
"Reduce co2? Well, stop breathing then".
He has a point though...if they worked properly, they wouldn't need subsidies, would they?
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20 November 2011, 04:45 PM
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He speaks the truth in many respects, well at least when the wind is not blowing anyway. You know, those really cold winters days when you really need them.
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20 November 2011, 05:50 PM
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20 November 2011, 05:55 PM
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20 November 2011, 06:08 PM
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Like he is really qualified to comment. Silly old sod.
"Well dammit man you should see the mess they make of my poor little grouse. Those little chaps expect me to shoot 'em, not get obliterated while they are going about their business".
I'd surround Balmoral with them if I could
IMHO wind farms will be made cost effective but it will take a few years. I suspect there is a lot of expensive over-engineering involved at present.
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"Well dammit man you should see the mess they make of my poor little grouse. Those little chaps expect me to shoot 'em, not get obliterated while they are going about their business".
I'd surround Balmoral with them if I could
IMHO wind farms will be made cost effective but it will take a few years. I suspect there is a lot of expensive over-engineering involved at present.
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20 November 2011, 06:36 PM
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They look a bloody mess on the landscape,have you seen how many are being erected if you drive along the M74 Scotland,Loads of the *******.
Even the odd few as you drive along the E40 from calais towards Brussels don't look that much of a mess,they do paint the bottom of them green to try and blend in a bit...
Even the odd few as you drive along the E40 from calais towards Brussels don't look that much of a mess,they do paint the bottom of them green to try and blend in a bit...
20 November 2011, 06:45 PM
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because of the gearhead/ gearbox arrangement they are only approx 30% efficent 30% of the time . oh and when the wind does blow to much . as per scotland they have to turnr them off if the grid doesnt need it . and they get paid to do that as well .so the old git is right on this one . tidal is the way forward . south west from lynton to avonmouth has massive tidal energy just waiting to be harnessed twice a day every day 6-8nott tides. some times when fishing a 1lb weight will just dissapear into the distance on the tide . turbines in long funnels on the sea bed is the way forward not bloody great propellors
20 November 2011, 06:46 PM
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like everyone he gets somethings right and some wrong
To Scottish driving instructor, 1995: “How do you keep the natives off the booze long enough to pass the test?”
On the 1981 recession: “A few years ago, everybody was saying we must have more leisure, everyone’s working too much. Now everybody’s got more leisure time they’re complaining they’re unemployed. People don’t seem to make up their minds what they want.”
To Scottish driving instructor, 1995: “How do you keep the natives off the booze long enough to pass the test?”
On the 1981 recession: “A few years ago, everybody was saying we must have more leisure, everyone’s working too much. Now everybody’s got more leisure time they’re complaining they’re unemployed. People don’t seem to make up their minds what they want.”
20 November 2011, 06:58 PM
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because of the gearhead/ gearbox arrangement they are only approx 30% efficent 30% of the time . oh and when the wind does blow to much . as per scotland they have to turnr them off if the grid doesnt need it . and they get paid to do that as well .so the old git is right on this one . tidal is the way forward . south west from lynton to avonmouth has massive tidal energy just waiting to be harnessed twice a day every day 6-8nott tides. some times when fishing a 1lb weight will just dissapear into the distance on the tide . turbines in long funnels on the sea bed is the way forward not bloody great propellors
Best solution I've seen is Oscillating Water Columns. You know all of those ugly storm breaks they put in round everywhere ? Replace them with these! It wouldn't look any different (big concrete mess), give storm defences and generate power 24/7!
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20 November 2011, 07:56 PM
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Well according on my "UK grid carbon intensity" app, wind is right now producing 820MW out of 5000+MW installed capacity. Which suggests that the old boy is really quite right!
20 November 2011, 08:40 PM
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It will never be cost effective especially when you consider that you also have to build a fossil fuelled or nuclear powerstation along side a wind farm for when the wind is not blowing. Bare in mind that these powerstations also have to be constantly running too even when the wind is generating.
20 November 2011, 08:42 PM
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Once again the Duke is bang on the money 
How is it environmentally sound to strip mine vast swathes of the planet to extract the materials need to build wind turbines, with the toxic by-products leaving thousands of miles of rivers completely incapable of sustaining any form of life
Then at the end of all that, you end up with something that is somewhat less than 25% efficient, completely incapable of working on demand, and needing to be switched off when it gets 'too windy'
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Thank God for us taxpayers, where would the climate change bullsh!tters be without the subsidies we provide them with
How is it environmentally sound to strip mine vast swathes of the planet to extract the materials need to build wind turbines, with the toxic by-products leaving thousands of miles of rivers completely incapable of sustaining any form of life
Then at the end of all that, you end up with something that is somewhat less than 25% efficient, completely incapable of working on demand, and needing to be switched off when it gets 'too windy'
:Thank God for us taxpayers, where would the climate change bullsh!tters be without the subsidies we provide them with
21 November 2011, 07:47 AM
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Nuclear is the way to go. I mean why invest time and money in a technology like wind power when at any time one of those wind turbines could cut loose and make a big dent in the ground and possibly even kill a sheep or two. Far better to go the route of nice shiny cheap to build and run nuclear power plants that are 100% safe and not in any way a terrorist target either
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It will never be cost effective especially when you consider that you also have to build a fossil fuelled or nuclear powerstation along side a wind farm for when the wind is not blowing. Bare in mind that these powerstations also have to be constantly running too even when the wind is generating.
Sorry, but we have enough coal and, now, shale gas, under the UK for many, many decades of power production. We have the option to build nuclear. There is also the possibility of geothermal in some parts of the country, such as here in the SW, so we DON'T FECKIN' NEED BLEDDY WINDMILLS!
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21 November 2011, 10:05 AM
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agreed b&crap have installed a turbine on there new site most of the time 80+% its turned off and even when running couldnt generate enough energy to keep there lights on they are just pandering to greenies what a joke