In article , Tim W
scribeth thus

"dennis@home" wrote in message
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"Tim W" wrote in message
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Not too sure what you are on about.

Wind power doesn't work when it isn't windy? We knew that.

So it needs to be mixed with other sources? We knew that too.

So you mix it..
that means you need the same generating capacity as the wind farms idling
away so they can switch in when the wind doesn't blow.
This costs £££ and generates carbon, so much for wind farms being carbon
neutral.
I suppose the solution is to back them up with something that doesn't
generate carbon, like nuclear, but then you wouldn't need the wind farms.
We could offset some of the problems by switching off all the people on
green tariffs as there isn't any green electricity for them.
We don't want them to get the idea that they are actually a part of the
solution rather than being a part of the problem.

German Wind farms produced about 7% of the energy consumed in Germany in
2009. That is a heck of a significant delivery.

I bet they didn't, how much carbon does that mean they produce over their
life then?


A wind farm doesn't produce carbon. If you want figures you can google them
yourself.

Tim W


OK .. so how do they build them then?..

Any carbon used at all?..
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Tony Sayer