Title: Wind turbine catches fire after being struck by lightning Source:
WFAA URL Source:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubdMNNbnivA Published:Jul 23, 2022 Author:WFAA Post Date:2022-07-23 05:21:00 by Esso Keywords:None Views:164 Comments:3
Chris Lopez sent us this video of a wind turbine that caught fire after being struck by lightning in Crowell, Texas.
The total EROI on those idiotic eyesores has to be much lower than unity.
I read once that if one of those things ran 24/7 for 20 years with no maintenance, only then would it have supplied enough energy to produce all the copper wire used in the generator's armature.
Edit:
Wikid says that "in the scientific literature EROIs wind turbines (sic) is around 16 unbuffered and 4 buffered."