Timeline for Do wind turbines consume more energy than they produce in a lifetime?
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| Oct 21, 2022 at 13:44 | comment | added | JamieB | I have yet to see a cost report that takes into account the energy used by the diesel engines necessary for the entire installation -- a necessary calculation if you assume a future where those engines are all electric and run off the grid. I suspect that wind is cost effective provided you use diesel for most of the installation work. | |
| Apr 21, 2018 at 13:10 | comment | added | user23048 | @JYelton generally, hearing a thing from "some people" doesn't make a claim "notable" as required in the site guidelines. | |
| Apr 20, 2018 at 19:53 | comment | added | JYelton | @DoritoStyle I am in Utah, USA and have heard this claim as well. Generally from politically conservative, religious persons. | |
| May 1, 2017 at 13:19 | comment | added | RomaH | This fairly broad question actually has an answer of different sources that supports the accepted answer as well. skeptics.stackexchange.com/questions/17775/… | |
| Apr 30, 2017 at 22:25 | comment | added | candied_orange | @Hobbes You forget we live in a world of government subsidies and decisions based on hope and moral ideals instead of math. Never under estimate the raw power of human stupidity. However, nice and objective as the math is, that doesn't mean we are immune to creative accounting shenanigans. Always look into who did the math. | |
| Apr 29, 2017 at 8:12 | comment | added | Hobbes | Rule of thumb: the energy cost to build something, is passed on in the purchase price. Nobody would buy wind turbines if their purchase cost more than they'd ever be able to earn back. | |
| Apr 28, 2017 at 17:43 | history | protected | Sklivvz | ||
| Apr 28, 2017 at 11:38 | comment | added | userLTK | It's absolutely true, if you forget to build them outdoors. | |
| Apr 28, 2017 at 9:41 | comment | added | CodesInChaos | A good answer should take into account how much wind there is in southern Germany. Turbines are far more popular in northern Germany, presumably because southern Germany has much less wind compared to the North. | |
| Apr 27, 2017 at 22:06 | comment | added | rackandboneman | Maybe if you smelted the steel in some remote region (desert) where heat energy is amply available, transported the windmill to somewhere windy efficiently, you could see it as a wind activated battery... | |
| Apr 27, 2017 at 19:48 | comment | added | JimmyJames | Is your region a coal-producing one by any chance? I've heard recent claims that the costs of coal due to environmental damage, health problems, and early deaths is far greater than the value of the energy produced. I'm sure it matters what kind of coal is burned, though. In any event, this could be an attempt to co-opt that argument and turn it around. | |
| Apr 27, 2017 at 19:25 | answer | added | mirh | timeline score: 20 | |
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| Apr 26, 2017 at 13:43 | comment | added | user23048 | I'm not sure this is a "notable" claim | |
| Apr 26, 2017 at 11:44 | answer | added | ctapus | timeline score: 6 | |
| Apr 25, 2017 at 21:18 | vote | accept | OddDev | ||
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