Path: csiph.com!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!mx02.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com Newsgroups: sci.physics Subject: Re: Wind Turbines A failed alternative energy source Date: Mon, 14 Dec 2015 19:57:05 -0000 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 18 Sender: Jim Pennino Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Info: mx02.eternal-september.org; posting-host="db4120ef82bbc153014637d4cd15a795"; logging-data="8578"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX19HQFtjfyIRhPvSsNXKuITh" User-Agent: tin/2.2.1-20140504 ("Tober an Righ") (UNIX) (SunOS/5.10 (i86pc)) Cancel-Lock: sha1:2g7DqT6WrEQ29aLEr2WNCund3HE= Xref: csiph.com sci.physics:539151 gilber34 wrote: > While Hawaii has six abandoned wind farms, most of California’s derelict > turbines are only now being removed — decades late — after disgusted > local authorities threatened to sue. > > In Palm Springs, those who campaigned against the turbines included the > late singer Sonny Bono, former husband of Cher. > > But if a turbines owner had walked away from his investment or gone > bankrupt, it was sometimes the hapless farmer or rancher who owned the > land who had to foot the $1,000-a-tower clean-up bill. Oh yes, the rusting, never turning hulks in the Banning Pass. A true monument to stupidity. -- Jim Pennino