And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
While you fight wind mills the rest of the world is moving on and we, as a country, are betting on old and outdated technology. America was great when we were at the forefront of science and technology. Today we refuse to accept science and look backwards for technology. The winners of the next generation of technological advances are not investing in oil, coal or natural gas. Those were the technological advances of the XIX century, not the XXI century. Your children and grand children will pay the price of your inability to understand that it is not just about the environment.
In 1960 Communist China had a big famine because they had had a campaign to kill all their sparrows, blaming them for eating too much rice. So the insects proliferated. Maybe Anon @ 8:31 - representative of our modern communist greenies - can tell us what will happen when their windmills kill off all our raptors?
Modern designs reduce bird strikes, as well as painting one of the blades black. Apparently monochromatic blades cause a "motion smear" in bird-vision which causes them to misjudge rotor speed, which the black blade helps reduce.
AnonymousSeptember 3, 2025 at 8:31 AM: Wind power is not new technology (and electric vehicles are older than gas vehicles). Not too many greenies understand both the physics and economics of energy sources and distribution. 97% of scientists agree with their funding. Gas and coal are still the most effective sources for now and near future of fueling fire to drive the (steam) turbines with hydro (not steam) being best but limited. Nuke is the way to go at the moment but it is still a fire to drive the turbines.
oh my what will we do without the green energy this accident will halt? i assume the truck driver was from california.
ReplyDeleteGood riddance to something so wasteful and useless it should never have been built.
ReplyDeleteBut now they've got to build another one.
DeleteWhile you fight wind mills the rest of the world is moving on and we, as a country, are betting on old and outdated technology. America was great when we were at the forefront of science and technology.
DeleteToday we refuse to accept science and look backwards for technology.
The winners of the next generation of technological advances are not investing in oil, coal or natural gas. Those were the technological advances of the XIX century, not the XXI century.
Your children and grand children will pay the price of your inability to understand that it is not just about the environment.
Amen, sister. The way forward is not the way of the 1880 robber barons or their technology
DeleteIn 1960 Communist China had a big famine because they had had a campaign to kill all their sparrows, blaming them for eating too much rice. So the insects proliferated. Maybe Anon @ 8:31 - representative of our modern communist greenies - can tell us what will happen when their windmills kill off all our raptors?
DeleteModern designs reduce bird strikes, as well as painting one of the blades black. Apparently monochromatic blades cause a "motion smear" in bird-vision which causes them to misjudge rotor speed, which the black blade helps reduce.
DeleteThat got real expensive real quick
ReplyDeleteAt least the pilot car made it.
ReplyDeleteI would blame the lead vehicle for this- should have been aware of the approaching train and waited-
ReplyDeleteI blame the advance man (who they probably didn't hire) that planned a route that included train crossings.
ReplyDeleteRoutes taken by oversize loads are determined by the permit office of the various state departments of transportation.
DeleteThe safe movement of any load is the sole responsibility of the truck operator.
Wind turbines and pajeets, brilliant combination!
ReplyDeleteChutes Magoo
All it takes is a phone call for the train schedule to avoid this.
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ReplyDeleteYep, totally avoidable.
Patrick
This happened near me.
ReplyDeleteLuling Texas, 2:30 pm, Sunday 29 August 2021. US 90 parallels the track. Several other blades had crossed successfully, dunno what happened here.
A handful of excellent BBQ spots right there.
ReplyDeleteAnonymousSeptember 3, 2025 at 8:31 AM: Wind power is not new technology (and electric vehicles are older than gas vehicles). Not too many greenies understand both the physics and economics of energy sources and distribution. 97% of scientists agree with their funding. Gas and coal are still the most effective sources for now and near future of fueling fire to drive the (steam) turbines with hydro (not steam) being best but limited. Nuke is the way to go at the moment but it is still a fire to drive the turbines.
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