Wind turbine catches fire after being struck by lightning

Source: WFAA
Published: Jul 23, 2022
Author: WFAA
Post Date: 2022-07-23 05:21:00 by Esso
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Chris Lopez sent us this video of a wind turbine that caught fire after being struck by lightning in Crowell, Texas.

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Cool.

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#1: StraitGate    To: Esso (#0)

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.

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Wikid says that "in the scientific literature EROIs wind turbines (sic) is around 16 unbuffered and 4 buffered."

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ene..._investment#Wind_turbines

I don't believe that for a minute.

StraitGate posted on 2022-07-23 09:18:51   Reply   Private Reply

#2: Esso    To: StraitGate (#1)

The total EROI on those idiotic eyesores has to be much lower than unity.

Agree.

I don't believe that for a minute.

Ditto.

Esso posted on 2022-07-23 11:32:51   Reply   Private Reply

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Esso posted on 2022-07-23 12:14:32   Reply   Private Reply