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You know our position on wind energy and the other forms of snake oil being sold to us (with our own money) as “alternative energy.” The Red Dirt Report has given us another angle on this taxpayer supported scam: what happens to the wing turbines once they’ve outlived their usefulness?
Red Dirt Report:
Wind turbines used to generate electricity would not be built if there were no tax incentives from the State and Federal governments. Wind turbine blades wear out, generators wear out and the towers wear out. There are not tax incentives to repair wind turbines. When these wind turbines are being constructed in Oklahoma and wear out and the companies that put them up are gone, who is going to take them down?
History tells us that all technology becomes obsolete and when technology that involves massive concrete pads and blades the size of airplane wings becomes obsolete and abandoned we will have another Tar Creek. Many of the wind turbines placed in use in the 70’s and 80’s in California and Hawaii are now standing idle, broken and silent. Most owners are gone and/or bankrupt and the citizens of Hawaii and California are left with some very visible reminders of the lack of planning when the turbines were constructed. Read more…
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