silence7@slrpnk.net to Texas@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agoThe Wind Workers of West Texas | In the Permian Basin, wind is the new oil.heatmap.newsexternal-linkmessage-square3fedilinkarrow-up111arrow-down10file-textcross-posted to: energy@slrpnk.net
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minus-squaresaywhatisabigw@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down11·9 months agoWind turbines kill a ton of birds. They also iced up and quit working in the winter when we had power outages.
minus-squaresilence7@slrpnk.netOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·edit-29 months agoThere are wind turbines in Antarctica. The power outages were mostly a result of gas systems icing up. The underlying problem is that Texas hasn’t been willing to require weatherization of the power system, not some sort of issue with wind. Not to mention: Wind
minus-squarespacecowboy@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up5·9 months agoPlease educate yourself and stop spreading this bullshit misinformation.
Wind turbines kill a ton of birds. They also iced up and quit working in the winter when we had power outages.
There are wind turbines in Antarctica. The power outages were mostly a result of gas systems icing up. The underlying problem is that Texas hasn’t been willing to require weatherization of the power system, not some sort of issue with wind.
Not to mention:
Please educate yourself and stop spreading this bullshit misinformation.