WindTurbines
Source: https://farmersforum.com/50-reasons-to-oppose-wind-turbines/ Jane Wilson and John Lee Pettimore Special to Farmers Forum Wind Concerns Ontario likes this opinion by Canadian Armed Forces veteran and former mining technician John Lee Pettimore, posted on “X” (formerly Twitter), on how wind power can’t replace fossil fuels. Pettimore lists 46 reasons why wind turbines cannot replace fossil fuels. We’ve added a few more: 1. Windmills require petroleum every single step of their life cycle. If they can’t replicate themselves using wind turbine generated electricity, they are not sustainable. 2. Too many windmills are needed to replace fossil fuels. 3. Wind turbines can’t be built fast enough to replace fossil fuels. 4. There are not enough materials such as rare earth metals or fossil fueled heat to create the cement, steel, epoxy, and other parts needed. 5. There is not enough dispatchable power, such as natural gas or hydropower, to balance wind intermittence and unrel...