What's with the utterly uninformed takes on energy on HN?

Wind makes extremely good sense and has been making good sense for 30 years or more now depending on where on the globe you are looking. There is a ton of FUD about it but it is practical, affordable, available and relatively fast to deploy. Moreover there is readily financing available to take care of the capex.

There are 7 MW turbines deployed regularly

https://www.enercon.de/en/turbines/e-175-ep5

And there are 10 MW turbines and higher on the drawing board. Offshore and onshore options are available.

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pjc50 3 days ago | parent | next [-]

> What's with the utterly uninformed takes on energy on HN?

Culture war, innit.

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MrBuddyCasino 3 days ago | parent | prev [-]

> it is practical, affordable, available and relatively fast to deploy

It is none of those things.

	▲	jacquesm 3 days ago \| parent [-]
		Sorry, but you are not arguing in good faith. There 1.1+ TW of installed capacity producing approximately 30 to 35% of that installed capacity continuously. Turbine payback time is less than a decade. You are in the most literal sense tilting at windmills here.