Dumb Donald says wind power doesn't work because 'it only blows sometimes'

[NYPat]

President Trump late Wednesday repeated his opposition to wind power, pushing a misleading claim that it would not work as an energy source because the wind “only blows sometimes.”

The comment echoes Trump’s repeated past criticisms of wind power. Just one week earlier, he mocked the concept of wind power by mimicking a man telling his spouse: “Turn off the television darling, please. There's no wind, please turn off the television quickly.”

https://thehill.com/homenews/adminis...lows-sometimes

"If it doesn't blow, you can forget about television for that night," Trump said in Michigan, adding, "I know a lot about wind."

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/...aq/3307863002/


Holy chit is is daf.

[Stizzel]

No collusion

[whtcoupe]

No collusion

[SillieBazzillie]

And the Great Lakes are record deep.

Man might not have criminally colluded, but he's criminally moronic.

[Dan_S]

I'm confused. How exactly is he dumb and/or wrong here?

That's one of the big downsides to wind and solar. They're variable and you still need something like coal, nuclear, or geothermal to bridge the gap during lulls in power production.

The dumbest part is that they quote the DoE but fail to realize that the quote there is about how the power grid is designed to cover it; yeah, with conventional power methods.

[Titansfan08]

No collusion

[Stizzel]

I'm confused. How exactly is he dumb and/or wrong here?

That's one of the big downsides to wind and solar. They're variable and you still need something like coal, nuclear, or geothermal to bridge the gap during lulls in power production.

The dumbest part is that they quote the DoE but fail to realize that the quote there is about how the power grid is designed to cover it; yeah, with conventional power methods.

Wind also massacres birds but either way....








No collusion

[SillieBazzillie]

I'm confused. How exactly is he dumb and/or wrong here?

That's one of the big downsides to wind and solar. They're variable and you still need something like coal, nuclear, or geothermal to bridge the gap during lulls in power production.

The dumbest part is that they quote the DoE but fail to realize that the quote there is about how the power grid is designed to cover it; yeah, with conventional power methods.

Man oh man, if only someone would invent batteries that store electricity.

Quickly conservatives, get on it. You can finally come up with something useful for this country.

[NYPat]

And the Great Lakes are record deep.

Man might not have criminally colluded, but he's criminally moronic.

Key word - criminally. Plenty of evidence of collusion.

[SmillironS]

Jesus pat educate yourself about wind energy before you go around calling other people dumb.

Edit: no collusion

[NYPat]

Wind also massacres birds but either way....

House cats kill millions of birds... what's your point?

[GooBaaa]

Who gives a **** about some wind. Those turbines are ugly, they should be focusing on nuclear power

[NYPat]

Jesus pat educate yourself about wind energy before you go around calling other people dumb.

Edit: no collusion

Trump knows a lot about wind, i guess those wind turbine companies just didn't realize the wind occasionally stops blowing..

[SillieBazzillie]

Trump knows a lot about wind, i guess those wind turbine companies just didn't realize the wind occasionally stops blowing..

Nobody knows more about wind than Trump. Just like nobody knows lake deepness like Trump. The man just knows it all.

[Stizzel]

House cats kill millions of birds... what's your point?

Are you really comparing natural predator/prey relationships to man made machines that destroy animal populations?

No collusion

[Dan_S]

Man oh man, if only someone would invent batteries that store electricity.

Quickly conservatives, get on it. You can finally come up with something useful for this country.

You realize that such a thing doesn't actually exist, right?

[NYPat]

Nobody knows more about wind than Trump. Just like nobody knows lake deepness like Trump. The man just knows it all.

It's extremely important that he tells everyone that he knows a lot about everything. But don't question his stable genius or he'll challenge you to an IQ test!

[SillieBazzillie]

You realize that such a thing doesn't actually exist, right?

Batteries don't exist? Holy chit my mouse and keyboard work by witchcraft!

I shoulda known.

[InVentive44]

Unhinged

[PAU1]

[otisthebat]

wind energy farms aren't cost effective, nor are they "green". The amount of maintenance on them is ridiculous, the initial construction cost is massive (the turbines and blades themselves plus they are always in rural areas so the amount of work to run the electrical cables is massive), and they are far from green. The steel is still made with coal, the elements making up the giant magnets in the turbines are still mined across the world producing tons of pollution.

[Bassackwards]

he's right though

we have wind farms to generate electricity and when the trade winds don't come, we rely on more oil to generate electricity

[SillieBazzillie]

he's right though

we have wind farms to generate electricity and when the trade winds don't come, we rely on more oil to generate electricity

Does the power go out when the wind stops? Cause that's what the tard said.

[NKWulf]

arent wind turbines designed to only work if the wind is at a certain speed? if the wind isnt at speed arent they shutdown?

[mikebadg3]

more research has to be done into alternative energy methods. im not educated on the matter, but from whati i've gathered from hearsay nuclear seems like the way to go

[NYPat]

wind energy farms aren't cost effective, nor are they "green". The amount of maintenance on them is ridiculous, the initial construction cost is massive (the turbines and blades themselves plus they are always in rural areas so the amount of work to run the electrical cables is massive), and they are far from green. The steel is still made with coal, the elements making up the giant magnets in the turbines are still mined across the world producing tons of pollution.

Yeah we should just continue to use all the equipment that has all those things to continue drilling oil..

[Dan_S]

Batteries don't exist? Holy chit my mouse and keyboard work by witchcraft!

I shoulda known.

So you're saying the solution to uneven wind power production is every household gets a battery bank?

Batteries on the scale of hundred+ megawatts, you know, what would be required to replace a coal plant, don't exist.

[Dan_S]

Does the power go out when the wind stops? Cause that's what the tard said.

If your only source is wind and solar, yes.

Why do you think Germany is now buying power from France?

It's because they dismantled all their other power plants and went on a limb with a green dream. It failed miserably.

[SillieBazzillie]

If your only source is wind and solar, yes.

Why do you think Germany is now buying power from France?

It's because they dismantled all their other power plants and went on a limb with a green dream. It failed miserably.

So wind that provides power say 80% of the time, and the other 20% is provided by fossil fuels is worse than using fossil fuels 100% of the time?

And dumb donald literally said the when the wind doesn't blow you can't watch tv.

[SillieBazzillie]

So you're saying the solution to uneven wind power production is every household gets a battery bank?

Batteries on the scale of hundred+ megawatts, you know, what would be required to replace a coal plant, don't exist.

Yep, just like homes with solar panels. Backed up by fossil fuel.