Wind turbines are truly “green”?

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• Wind-farm trouble in Ontario

• Wind turbines produce problems. Energy generation from wind has serious ups and downs, in Germany, in all of Europe.

Wind-farm trouble in Ontario

Anyone who is expecting the construction of wind turbines in their neighbourhood may wish to watch this video. It is likely that the video will tell everything one needs to know, to learn that “green” is not a very enjoyable experience for many people who suffer on account of wind turbines near them, that it is not even “green.” See for example the section that presents data on what environmental pollution is being addressed (needlessly or even not at all) by wind turbines: https://youtu.be/55-jBCjtJ88?t=3430

The video is long (1 hour and 30 minutes). Therefore it could be a good thing to bookmark it, if it is desired to watch it in installments. The URL can be bookmarked for any desired time in the video. Just stop the video, right-click it, and make the appropriate selection from the pop-up menu that will then be displayed.

Full Video: https://youtu.be/55-jBCjtJ88

The video was found at a rich source of information useful for neighbours of wind turbines and wind farms: https://stopthesethings.com/

Afterthoughts, 2017 07 23:

Aside from any other considerations as to the nuisance factor of wind turbine installations, what does anyone get out of having them?

Wind turbines produce problems.
Energy generation from wind has serious ups and downs, in Germany, in all of Europe.

Wind-turbines fail: Germany (Europe, that is) –  Energy generation from wind will always require 100% back-up from conventional sources.

More: Full Article

The following graph is from Pierre Gosselin’s article.

Wind-turbines fail: Germany, the Ups and Downs of Energy Generation from Wind.  “Germany’s wind energy output ranges from over 30,000 MW to almost zero.” – Source: ENTSO

It is hard to see that wind and solar energy generation does much more than destabilize the quality of energy availability, which it takes enormous amounts of capital investment to mitigate.

The following graph is not from Pierre Gosselin’s article.  The graph shows energy generation in Germany (from all sources) and consumption for one full year, from July 2016 to July 2017.

Germany, Energy Generation (from all sources) and Consumption, July 2016 – July 2017

See also: Renewable energy neither practical nor viable, 2017 07 10, by Walter