Solar panels smothered with snow and ice produce nothing; wind turbines frozen solid during breathless, frigid weather produce even less (they actually consume power from the grid to run heating systems meant to prevent their internal workings suffering permanent damage). So, if you’re sitting freezing in the dark, don’t expect wind and solar power generators … Continue reading Wind & Solar Generators Couldn’t Care Less When You’re Freezing In The Dark
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Billion Dollar Boondoggle: Plans to Take Canada’s Wind Power Disaster West to Alberta
Canada’s wind power obsession has seen Ontario’s fertile farmland turned into an industrial wasteland. It’s been a disaster, for all concerned: power prices have rocketed, energy dependent industries are being crushed and Ontario’s farming families have had to deal with toxic groundwater, contaminated by wind turbine construction. Countless hundreds have abandoned their homes and hundreds … Continue reading Billion Dollar Boondoggle: Plans to Take Canada’s Wind Power Disaster West to Alberta