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Originally Posted by Betonov
The problem with green is, that it's a dirty road to get there.
Our company, beside the nautics, makes windmill blade models for Denmark.
Nothing green, nothing clean. Fiberglass, chemicals and a lot of wood. Al imported by diesel drinking trucks all milled by a CNC machine that has the electricity demand of a small village
We made the model for this monster last year 
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Excellent point. Plus the unintended consequences resulting from the amount of birds and bats that are killed each year by windmills.
http://www.voanews.com/content/wind-...s/1524387.html
How many more insect pest related problems are the end result of this? I'm sure it's not a trivial number. Plus, how long does each windmill have to operate producing clean energy to offset the conventional energy costs of building, installing and maintaining them. Then of course the conventional costs of building, installing, running and maintaining the back-up generators that are pretty well a requirement. How long can one reasonably expect these to operate? I'd really love to see a detailed breakdown of the economics to determine if these things are even remotely feasible in the long run.