Gargantuan resource consumption of wind power
Some illuminating facts were presented in the article Reality Bites Wind by John Hinderaker, Powerline, 27 September 2022. Here are a few excerpts:
It is an article of faith among many governments that we are in the midst of a transition from fossil fuel energy to “renewable” wind and solar. (Notably absent from this consensus are China, India and Russia.) In fact, no such transition is underway; wind and solar account for only a derisory portion of the world’s energy consumption, despite countless billions in subsidies. Nor will any such transition happen at any time in the future.
One of the fundamental problems with wind and solar is that they are ridiculously low-intensity...
Wind and solar installations are parasitic: they cannot be produced without using enormous quantities of fossil fuels.
This thread is one of the best explanations I have seen of the absurdity of wind turbines, as it relates to a single raw material: copper....
A 3-MW wind turbine contains up to 4.7 tons of copper. Half is from the cable and wiring, 24% from the turbine/power generation components, 4% from transformers, and 19% from turbine transformers. Onshore wind farms use approximately 7,766 lbs. of copper per MW. /4 pic.twitter.com/vdN3ZNTeXi
— B.F. Randall (@brandall9481) September 25, 2022...
... A final thought: prices for commodities like copper and lithium are already skyrocketing. If Western governments continue in their mad obsession with “green” energy, those prices will be utterly out of sight.
Eminent Oxford Scientist Says Wind Power "Fails On Every Count", by Chris Morrison via DailySceptic.org, ZeroHedge, 24 March 2023.