Climate Change

isobars · Joined: 12 Dec 1999 Posts: 20935

Lomborg said just Monday that the research hasn't changed in years: AGW is significant, man contributes to it, EVERY country in the Copenhagen Consensus agrees that AGW remains rock bottom on the list of the 18 biggest global threats.

Some racists (e.g., anyone who disagrees with mac on ANYTHING) will argue that Lomborg is a statistician and an economist rather than a climate scientist, but who's in a better position to evaluate the cost/benefit/time/resource tradeoffs ... a weather guru, or an economist working with the leading nations' representatives?

If your answer is the former, why do you discount Joe Bastardi, whose entire career has been the study and forecasting of hurricanes, when he says AGWA(larmist) fearmongering is BS?

coboardhead · Joined: 26 Oct 2009 Posts: 4303

I think we need to add the cancer caused by windmills into this list and move global warming down to number 19.

mac · Posted: Wed Apr 03, 2019 9:48 pm Post subject:

Joe Bastardi is a meteorologist who found out he could make more money telling Fox viewers lies than he dreamed possible. His understanding of climate might fit in a thimble. Iso drank the koolaid.

GURGLETROUSERS · Joined: 30 Dec 2009 Posts: 2643

Oh, I so agree C.B.

It can't be mere coincidence that I needed a cancer operation just a year after they built a forest of 40 of those great monstrous whirly-gigs, just a mile off shore. Cause and effect say I. That's logic!

And the sheer hypocrisy of it all. They provide an ENGINE powered patrol boat which single handidly must keep those evil 'BIG OIL' interests in business each time they chase after me, as I bait them.

Disgusting.

coboardhead · Joined: 26 Oct 2009 Posts: 4303

mrgybe · Joined: 01 Jul 2008 Posts: 5180

GT, You will doubtless be heartened to read the recent results of the largest study of wind farm performance. A couple of snippets;

- analysis of almost 3,000 onshore wind turbines warns they will continue to generate electricity effectively for 12 to 15 years. The wind energy industry and the Government base all their calculations on turbines enjoying a lifespan of 20 to 25 years. Routine wear and tear will more than double the cost of electricity being produced by wind farms in the next decade

- the percentage of electricity wind farms actually produce, compared with theoretical maximum (load factor) — is reduced from 24 per cent in the first 12 months of operation to just 11 per cent after 15 years.

- decline in output of offshore wind farms, based on a study of Danish wind farms, appears even more dramatic. The load factor for turbines built on platforms in the sea is reduced from 39 per cent to 15 per cent after 10 years.
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Perhaps those here who don't like "ANYTHING" about the President might focus on matters of substance, and the nonsense green energy "solutions" promoted by their party, rather than constantly wasting time crafting silly comments on silly comments

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/earth/energy/windpower/9770837/Wind-farm-turbines-wear-sooner-than-expected-says-study.html

real-human · Joined: 02 Jul 2011 Posts: 14890 Location: on earth

nw30 · Posted: Thu Apr 04, 2019 11:53 am Post subject:

GURGLETROUSERS · Joined: 30 Dec 2009 Posts: 2643

Actually, Mr.G., leaving the question of efficiency and worth in solving our climate problems aside, I quite enjoy their entertainment value. (Those at our beach, anyway.)

I missed the day (my dentist was telling me) one of them went rogue, and had sparks and flames and thick black smoke billowing out of its backside. But I do note that at least once a month a huge drilling rig (or whatever it is) is towed out to pander to their paddies, or should I say idiosyncrasies?

I kayaked out to one on a day the patrol boat was absent, to see close up beside one from sea level. I was impressed! Those huge turbine blades rhythmically whoosh around disrupting the air flow, and you almost can't help ducking as they swing down. The pylons have a fixed vertical steel ladder from sea level to a platform at a considerable height. The rungs are very thick (unable to wrap fingers around) and slimy so I certainly wouldn't risk climbing it without a big hook, or safety harness.

Apparently there is a door at the platform level leading to inside the tower, in which survival equipment is stored. (Sleeping bags and food supplies.) So all in all I've grown to accept, and even quite like them - from an entertainment only, point of view!