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HuskyOffset

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7. Seriously?

Reply to NNadir (Reply #4)

Sat Jun 1, 2019, 02:32 PM

Jun 2019

Last edited Sat Jun 1, 2019, 03:30 PM - Edit history (2)

You're seriously claiming that the CO2 output for creating the wind turbines, which will operate and produce electricity for 20 years (per your post), will exceed the CO2 output of burning coal to produce the same amount of electricity that those wind turbines will produce?

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Doublethink in science. Coal is a renewable resource? [View all] NNadir Jun 2019 OP

It is renewable SCantiGOP Jun 2019 #1

Thousands of centuries, actually, although this said, the Boudouard Reaction makes something... NNadir Jun 2019 #2

Wait a sec... HuskyOffset Jun 2019 #3

Yes. That is precisely what I'm saying. NNadir Jun 2019 #4

"roughly 35 billion tons of CO2 per year" angstlessk Jun 2019 #6

Seriously? HuskyOffset Jun 2019 #7

Look, there's lots of evidence for the uselessness of the wind industry. NNadir Jun 2019 #8

I noticed HuskyOffset Jun 2019 #9

In general, what one can derive from text, whether written or verbal, derives from... NNadir Jun 2019 #13

Wow, now that is a proper burn! HuskyOffset Jun 2019 #19

Here's what FactCheck says about the life-cycle carbon footprint of wind energy. Jim__ Jun 2019 #10

That chart neglects the commitment to natural gas each kilowatt of wind or solar power represents. hunter Jun 2019 #12

The obverse of your claim is that every kilowatt of electricity generated by wind power ... Jim__ Jun 2019 #15

It's feel good nonsense. Like a smoker cutting down from a pack-a-day habit... hunter Jun 2019 #16

Wrong analogy. It's much more like breathing polluted air. Every breath is bad for you. Jim__ Jun 2019 #17

Zing. Yet another wind power supporter conflates air pollution and climate change. hunter Jun 2019 #18

I no more conflated climate change with air pollution than you conflated it with smoking cigarettes. Jim__ Jun 2019 #20

No it's not. People insist on viewing wind turbines as progress... hunter Jun 2019 #21

And shadowmayor Jun 2019 #5

Nnadir, you are grinding that axe just a little too hard. Nitram Jun 2019 #11

I'm sorry, but I don't think I'm grinding it hard enough. NNadir Jun 2019 #14