Wind Energy is a scam. Everything from top to bottom is dangerous for the environment. You can't recycle turbine parts, they have to be buried in the ground.
I don't know where you heard that. The tons of metal in the turbines are recyclable. It's the wind turbine blades that are not recyclable and are piling up in landfills.
Are the components of fossil fuel plant turbines recyclable...? I've never heard that particular complaint before. Landfills are far more eco-friendly then they used to be, proper landfills keep everything sealed up in a thick rubber case and gets buried under several feet of soil. And then parks and nature reserves get built on top of them.
SF6 has been around for a while and is especially attractive for urban and underground transmission substations because of the compact spacing needed. Also notable that many offshore wind generators (esp from Siemens) use permanent magnets to provide magnetic flux for “startup” of the synchronous machines. GE has used battery backup which requires more service. Permanent magnets include “rare earth” metals that mostly come from China and have radioactive waste issues from isotopes.
SF6 is very likely used for onshore areas as well. Of interest, California is proposing regulations to phase out SF6 use in new switchgear by 2025. So obviously there are alternatives. I haven't been following Calif. regs on this so I don't know the status. Thanks!
Good information. On shore electric substations use this as well, of course. They are working on alternatives -- as you mention above and from ABB. Unlike CO2, which plants love and helps our food supply, SF6 has no benefits once it escapes or is used to blow a switch open. The main point here is that we should take a total look at the total impact of these technologies and not have areas that are "off limits" hidden because they are problematic vs our political agenda.
One correction though, not all plant species benefit from increased CO2 levels. And plants need more than just CO2, they also need extra water and soil nitrates to experience any boost in growth. That might be feasible in a controlled setting like a farmer's greenhouse, but doesn't happen in the wild.
Good info. I was not familiar with SF6 as a potent green house gas. Makes sense as all renewables seem to have “dirty little secrets” that negate the stated climate claims. They are just giant money transfer scams.
Interesting. I recently saw a study that hypothesized if the full build-out of the planned East Coast turbines were to take place it would greatly accelerate climate change. The bottom line is that these so-called experts don't have any idea what the negative results will be.
Interesting factoid. SF6 is used in eye surgery when a retina is detached. The surgeon will sometimes use this gas as a bubble to hold pressure on the retina until it reattaches. Now you know.
1st off- thank you Linda Bonvie. You are a Goddess of Knowledge when it comes to SF6 and theses WTG’s. I’m at Ground Zero here in Atlantic City, NJ. Atlantic Offshore Wind and our corrupt Governor Murphy and the state of NJ, the DEP, and most of our city council and the rest of the goblins are pedal to the metal to get 100’s of these WTG’s in our ocean and all along the Eastern Seaboard. Yesterday. Before Trump gets near. Help!
There are lawsuits pending but we all know the power of global psychopaths.
Linda- in my bit of research, I’m noticing that Siemens out of Berlin and Germany in general have been working on alternatives to SF6 for high voltage switchgear. They are saying it’s a mixture of clean air -20% oxygen, 80% nitrogen i.e. gas insulated switchgear. AND- they say that the Switchgear Plant Berlin has already been using an entirely green energy supply since 2018. They go on to say “the company is focused on further innovations to make the plant and the equipment greener, safer and more energy efficient in both their operations and production, with the goal of becoming climate neutral by 2030”.
So, I ask you Linda- will you please look into this. If this is indeed true, and they can use this “breakthrough technology”, why haven’t they “deployed” this already? What are they waiting for? Where is the texting if this technology?
In other words, cease and desist all operations until you have tested this technology. Here in Atlantic City, NJ,
Atlantic Offshore Wind plans on putting in our oceans thee tallest largest WTG’s ever! And no testing has been done. They are putting these time bombs in Mid- Atlantic storm prone ocean regions. It’s suicide. Sigh
Please comment Linda and thank you so much for your very good work.
I reduced my Bio to 44 words & the system still would not accept it; "too many words" so I deleted the whole Bio. that's BS, my Bio is about 1200 words.
I say false ! EVERYTHING can be "recycled" by using Plasma Gasification & then using the Fischer-Tropsch ( F-T) process to convert the "syn" gas to synthetic oil which can be cracked into various products. I asked Elon Musk to get some of his "friends" to invest in our project. Turns out Musk is just another A-hole that wants people to invest in his projects.
Wind Energy is a scam. Everything from top to bottom is dangerous for the environment. You can't recycle turbine parts, they have to be buried in the ground.
Agreed! Look at all the wild life that is killed by wind turbines as well. Killing the earth to save the earth! It is all a scam.
I don't know where you heard that. The tons of metal in the turbines are recyclable. It's the wind turbine blades that are not recyclable and are piling up in landfills.
Are the components of fossil fuel plant turbines recyclable...? I've never heard that particular complaint before. Landfills are far more eco-friendly then they used to be, proper landfills keep everything sealed up in a thick rubber case and gets buried under several feet of soil. And then parks and nature reserves get built on top of them.
SF6 has been around for a while and is especially attractive for urban and underground transmission substations because of the compact spacing needed. Also notable that many offshore wind generators (esp from Siemens) use permanent magnets to provide magnetic flux for “startup” of the synchronous machines. GE has used battery backup which requires more service. Permanent magnets include “rare earth” metals that mostly come from China and have radioactive waste issues from isotopes.
Thank you for this important information. Is this gas used only with offshore wind farms or with all of them?
SF6 is very likely used for onshore areas as well. Of interest, California is proposing regulations to phase out SF6 use in new switchgear by 2025. So obviously there are alternatives. I haven't been following Calif. regs on this so I don't know the status. Thanks!
Good information. On shore electric substations use this as well, of course. They are working on alternatives -- as you mention above and from ABB. Unlike CO2, which plants love and helps our food supply, SF6 has no benefits once it escapes or is used to blow a switch open. The main point here is that we should take a total look at the total impact of these technologies and not have areas that are "off limits" hidden because they are problematic vs our political agenda.
One correction though, not all plant species benefit from increased CO2 levels. And plants need more than just CO2, they also need extra water and soil nitrates to experience any boost in growth. That might be feasible in a controlled setting like a farmer's greenhouse, but doesn't happen in the wild.
Good info. I was not familiar with SF6 as a potent green house gas. Makes sense as all renewables seem to have “dirty little secrets” that negate the stated climate claims. They are just giant money transfer scams.
I recently read a study that hypothesized drying out of vegetation due to wind turbines...thus making the areas downwind ripe for wildfires.??
Interesting. I recently saw a study that hypothesized if the full build-out of the planned East Coast turbines were to take place it would greatly accelerate climate change. The bottom line is that these so-called experts don't have any idea what the negative results will be.
I'm always interested in how to combat this once we have the knowledge. Where do we go to have our voices heard?
Good question. At this point I think the best venue is in a court of law!
Interesting factoid. SF6 is used in eye surgery when a retina is detached. The surgeon will sometimes use this gas as a bubble to hold pressure on the retina until it reattaches. Now you know.
Are they going to spray it across our skies?
1st off- thank you Linda Bonvie. You are a Goddess of Knowledge when it comes to SF6 and theses WTG’s. I’m at Ground Zero here in Atlantic City, NJ. Atlantic Offshore Wind and our corrupt Governor Murphy and the state of NJ, the DEP, and most of our city council and the rest of the goblins are pedal to the metal to get 100’s of these WTG’s in our ocean and all along the Eastern Seaboard. Yesterday. Before Trump gets near. Help!
There are lawsuits pending but we all know the power of global psychopaths.
Linda- in my bit of research, I’m noticing that Siemens out of Berlin and Germany in general have been working on alternatives to SF6 for high voltage switchgear. They are saying it’s a mixture of clean air -20% oxygen, 80% nitrogen i.e. gas insulated switchgear. AND- they say that the Switchgear Plant Berlin has already been using an entirely green energy supply since 2018. They go on to say “the company is focused on further innovations to make the plant and the equipment greener, safer and more energy efficient in both their operations and production, with the goal of becoming climate neutral by 2030”.
So, I ask you Linda- will you please look into this. If this is indeed true, and they can use this “breakthrough technology”, why haven’t they “deployed” this already? What are they waiting for? Where is the texting if this technology?
In other words, cease and desist all operations until you have tested this technology. Here in Atlantic City, NJ,
Atlantic Offshore Wind plans on putting in our oceans thee tallest largest WTG’s ever! And no testing has been done. They are putting these time bombs in Mid- Atlantic storm prone ocean regions. It’s suicide. Sigh
Please comment Linda and thank you so much for your very good work.
Good question-who can answer it??!
This is terrible.
Eat your heart out East Palestine!
This is being stored for the End Times…
I reduced my Bio to 44 words & the system still would not accept it; "too many words" so I deleted the whole Bio. that's BS, my Bio is about 1200 words.
I say false ! EVERYTHING can be "recycled" by using Plasma Gasification & then using the Fischer-Tropsch ( F-T) process to convert the "syn" gas to synthetic oil which can be cracked into various products. I asked Elon Musk to get some of his "friends" to invest in our project. Turns out Musk is just another A-hole that wants people to invest in his projects.