West Texas windmills currently getting hit with 100mph wind

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itsyourboypookie
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11:21p, 4/19/25
Our tax dollars at work. Will they survive?

11:20 pm if you watch this later

https://www.youtube.com/live/vN-SjffhxDE?si=4uOxsshd4l4bdIFs
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11:23p, 4/19/25
Worked in wind for a bit, super expensive to do pretty much anything
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Old Sarge
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11:27p, 4/19/25
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The wind is our power, it is all we need.

for power.

The Democrats told me so........










its all in the sig....
"Green" is the new RED.
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11:30p, 4/19/25
AG
Quick GIS on topic "wind damage windmills" strongly suggests that some will not...
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11:30p, 4/19/25
We just had a storm pass through Lubbock with some fairly strong winds, lightning, and thunder booming but, no tornadoes...thank goodness. We definitely needed the rain.
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11:44p, 4/19/25
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Aren't 100 mph winds the norm out there?
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In reply to The Collective • 11:49p, 4/19/25
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The Collective said:
Aren't 100 mph winds the norm out there?
Sure, during March. But it's mid-April now so you probably need a tornado to hit 100
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11:52p, 4/19/25
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In reply to Old Sarge • 6:06a, 4/20/25
They know oil represents freedom and individual choice on how to live. That's why the left hates "big oil" so bad. They want us miserable with our failed grids so we can look to daddy government to protect us and give us some hand outs.
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In reply to itsyourboypookie • 9:02a, 4/20/25
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So did we lose all the windmills? At this very moment, wind is producing 30% of the electricity needed in Texas. Wind + solar 50%

https://www.ercot.com/gridmktinfo/dashboards
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In reply to ts5641 • 9:11a, 4/20/25
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ts5641 said:
They know oil represents freedom and individual choice on how to live. That's why the left hates "big oil" so bad. They want us miserable with our failed grids so we can look to daddy government to protect us and give us some hand outs.


The government doesn't own oil & gas. They don't profit from it so they don't want it. Simple as that.
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In reply to GAC06 • 9:32a, 4/20/25
GAC06 said:
So did we lose all the windmills? At this very moment, wind is producing 30% of the electricity needed and Texas. Wind + solar 50%

https://www.ercot.com/gridmktinfo/dashboards
Doubt all of them, but maybe all you can see from the highways?
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No Spin Ag
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In reply to GAC06 • 10:07a, 4/20/25
GAC06 said:
So did we lose all the windmills? At this very moment, wind is producing 30% of the electricity needed and Texas. Wind + solar 50%

https://www.ercot.com/gridmktinfo/dashboards
30% is about 29.9% more than I thought it would be based on what the folks on F16 say about it.
There are in fact two things, science and opinion; the former begets knowledge, the later ignorance. Hippocrates
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10:24a, 4/20/25
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I have no problem with wind power if we quit subsidizing it and it provides competitive power on its own or in conjunction with other sources. If we have the resource and it is useful and economical then we should try to use it.
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In reply to GAC06 • 10:26a, 4/20/25
GAC06 said:
So did we lose all the windmills? At this very moment, wind is producing 30% of the electricity needed in Texas. Wind + solar 50%

https://www.ercot.com/gridmktinfo/dashboards


No doubt they work, if they survived.

Did they survive?
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No Spin Ag
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In reply to MouthBQ98 • 10:46a, 4/20/25
MouthBQ98 said:
I have no problem with wind power if we quit subsidizing it and it provides competitive power on its own or in conjunction with other sources. If we have the resource and it is useful and economical then we should try to use it.
Agreed.

I would add that we stop subsidizing all private companies, including farmers, or anyone who is getting subsidized that makes a profit or breaks even.
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Less Evil Hank Scorpio
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In reply to ts5641 • 10:47a, 4/20/25
AG
ts5641 said:
They know oil represents freedom and individual choice on how to live. That's why the left hates "big oil" so bad. They want us miserable with our failed grids so we can look to daddy government to protect us and give us some hand outs.


The stuff you people make up to feel like a victim is amazing. And I work in O&G.
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In reply to itsyourboypookie • 10:49a, 4/20/25
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itsyourboypookie said:
GAC06 said:
So did we lose all the windmills? At this very moment, wind is producing 30% of the electricity needed in Texas. Wind + solar 50%

https://www.ercot.com/gridmktinfo/dashboards


No doubt they work, if they survived.

Did they survive?


Let me click that link for you to check. As of this post wind is providing 32% of the electricity needed in Texas. Wind plus solar, 62%. Looks like some survived the scary wind.
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Less Evil Hank Scorpio
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10:52a, 4/20/25
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From an engineering perspective, the turbines are pretty impressive. They are of course getting better and better as well, with longer lifespan, better efficiency, and designs to mitigate severe weather.

Energy diversification is good. Subsidies get sticky, but there are far more wasteful uses of tax dollars than developing new technologies.
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In reply to ts5641 • 2:08p, 4/20/25
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ts5641 said:
They know oil represents freedom and individual choice on how to live. That's why the left hates "big oil" so bad. They want us miserable with our failed grids so we can look to daddy government to protect us and give us some hand outs.

Big Green talks **** about Big Oil and Big Oil says nothing against the Greenies because green energy is not a true threat to Big Oil. Now, nuclear is a real threat to both of them so they like to team up behind the scenes to keep nuclear at bay.
Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception.
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In reply to Bazooka Joe • 2:23p, 4/20/25
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Bazooka Joe said:

The government doesn't own oil & gas. They don't profit from it so they don't want it. Simple as that.
You haven't seen the property tax I pay on minor royalty holdings.
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In reply to CanyonAg77 • 2:43p, 4/20/25
Lots of people would be happy to take your
"Minor" royalty payments off your hands
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In reply to GAC06 • 4:11p, 4/20/25
AG
Of course these numbers are when the wind is blowing and the sun is shining.
Which don't happen on a reliable basis.
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In reply to Sq 17 • 4:15p, 4/20/25
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Sq 17 said:
Lots of people would be happy to take your
"Minor" royalty payments off your hands

We had one for my late in-laws. Less than $20 a year. So some are truly minor.

And yes, I am grateful that I won a small prize in the ancestor lottery.

My point was just that the government makes a crap ton off the oil industries. And I pay on a small share of the landowner's 25%. Imagine how much the oil companies pay on their 75%.
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7:11p, 4/20/25
You would think that at 100 mph would not be a threat to those windmills. Designs are required to have such safety factors to handle some really obscene cases.

My point is …..if a number of windmills do get smoked, I would bet those windmills are not subjected to the same design regulations as other similar structures.
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In reply to FCBlitz • 8:08p, 4/20/25
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Could be a design trade-off between structural and propeller efficiency. Kind of a propeller for 125 mph wind design vs a lighter weight design that captures more wind energy by turning more freely. I'm sure the tower itself is a robust design, but maybe not the propellers themselves.
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In reply to Bazooka Joe • 8:19p, 4/20/25
Bazooka Joe said:
ts5641 said:
They know oil represents freedom and individual choice on how to live. That's why the left hates "big oil" so bad. They want us miserable with our failed grids so we can look to daddy government to protect us and give us some hand outs.


The government doesn't own oil & gas. They don't profit from it so they don't want it. Simple as that.


Unless the above is sarcasm, you need to review BLM mineral holdings in the Permian Basin and elsewhere.

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2:43p, 4/25/25
Is there an official statement on damaged windmills ?
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