permafrost wrote:
Gee, Archie,, without much more detailed info no one can answer what you question... only with the actual amount in figures could the electricity used be compared to any other use.. yours and mfg.. as well you know the energy used at any mfg plant , even small ones will far exceed the amount used in any of our homes.
also the parts of the wind generators which are difficult if not impossible to recycle now, will be recyclably in due course, Mfg improvements will be made and over all consumption will be more in line with the amount generated..
Just for your info.. In the great state of Minnesota we have a problem.. In the wind filled south western part of the state we voted to express the development of wind energy.. a great success, wind machines all over the place, problem.. This sparsely populated area of farming, does not have the electric grid to move energy to the urban zones which are crying for more and green energy. so now we have very nearly one half of the generators sitting doing nothing.. because we can not move the product.. a supply chain issue if ever we had one.. so now we upgrade the grid and then the waiting customers will finally have access to the energy we have been holding..
So much to smooth the wrinkles out of , but it is the coming situation.. and is what we will have in the near future..
No system has ever been made which did not have it own share of problems to overcome.. and energy is no different.. but it is being done..
Gee, Archie,, without much more detailed info no o... (
show quote)
I wonder if anyone has looked at how much of our farm land and forests are being destroyed by all these wind farms and solar panels?? I don't think we have enough land to support enough wind farms and solar panels to ever replace all of our energy needs, unless our population is reduced in half and we reduce our amount of energy we need in half as well. I believe all this hoopla about green energy is hopeless because no matter what we do it will only be a very small reduction in carbon dioxide gasses in the world's atmosphere because we will be the only ones doing anything.
Sorry but it is a lose lose situation.