How Many Turbines Can You Count?

1370rod · Oct 31, 2014

Snapped this photo on my way home from the farm as sun was beginning to set. There is a few that are getting hard to see. Rod.

wheat straw · Oct 31, 2014

I'm going with 43. There is something way in the distance that could be anything but I'm going with it. They seem to be pretty dense up front so I'm figuring the same is true on the horizon.

Andy

Mike Beeker · Oct 31, 2014

I tried counting them, but I got dizzy from watching the blades rotate. LOL

Mike

gtractorfan · Oct 31, 2014

That picture could have been taken near me (such as along US 30 in n.w. Ohio) except the land in your picture is rolling, here it's flat. BTW, the windmills should be going bonkers right now in the strong north wind we're having.

C Kain · Oct 31, 2014

Anyone on here live near that string of wind turbines in central Mi. ? How many ? Seems like they were near Breckenridge.

casenut1 · Oct 31, 2014

I think 42.

Agri King · Oct 31, 2014

Why are some places against the wind turbine thing?

shinnery · Nov 1, 2014

Some that live nearby claim they are noisy and they kill birds up to and including eagles. Just what I have heard, the nearest ones are about 20 miles away around here.
Bryce

McKerrow630 · Nov 1, 2014

Mike they call that "motion sickness" hee hee I ain't guess'en I don't have enough toes n fingers. God Bless

RBoots · Nov 1, 2014

I live in southern Gratiot county here in MI. They are building 30 more right now. The 550' crane that hangs the blades and genny with the doghouse sure is something. Has a stack of counterweights about 15' high. They have to put down a sand pad over paved roads about 5' thick so it wont crush the pavement when they cross it. I work for the road commission here and am glad I dont have any in the area I work in. The contractors building them are really hard on the roads. I think we now have around 125-150 in Gratiot county, from North Star to Breckenridge. They provide a very good tax income to the townships when there isnt much previously. Only takes about 3 months to build 30 or so. Ross

1370rod · Nov 1, 2014

Eric, birds and bats do get struck by the blades. But as we know many animals get killed on roads and that does not seem to bother the wind turbine critics that drive cars. Myself I would not want to live close to any because their noise can be heard for several miles under the right conditions. They also create a flicker and shadow effect when then sun is low and you are to the east or west of them. It can be annoying. Rod.

rustyfarmall · Nov 1, 2014

(quoted from post at 20:10:47 10/31/14) Why are some places against the wind turbine thing?

Because they are ugly and clutter up the landscape, but the big reason I do not like them is because those whirling blades make me dizzy and nauseous, and no, not looking at them is NOT an option when they are on both sides of the highway, just on the other side of the fencerow, for several miles.

Also, that entire industry exists ONLY because of the government subsidies. YOUR tax dollars at work.

55 50 Ron · Nov 1, 2014

I could probably google and find out, but could
you expand a little on dept(s) of gov that is
subsidizing this industry? Thanks.

55 50 Ron · Nov 1, 2014

I THINK about 45?? Old eyes and trifocals aren't the best at this!!

gtractorfan · Nov 1, 2014

Not very efficient, only work when wind blows so there has to be back up power ready at all times meaning more maintenance, investment etc. Kind of like having a fifth wheel on a car.

rustyfarmall · Nov 1, 2014

(quoted from post at 08:57:58 11/01/14) I could probably google and find out, but could
you expand a little on dept(s) of gov that is
subsidizing this industry? Thanks.

Take your pick. It comes under the heading of alternative energy, and creating employment.

LME · Nov 1, 2014

Can see at least 43?

ajl · Nov 4, 2014

Just wondering how many of these the tax payers will subsidize before it is game over for this industry. Have too many around here and I would like to see them shut down.

rustyfarmall · Nov 5, 2014

(quoted from post at 21:39:09 11/04/14) Just wondering how many of these the tax payers will subsidize before it is game over for this industry. Have too many around here and I would like to see them shut down.

Eventually, there will be no more space available to erect them, because there are already a bunch of land owners who do not want anything to do with them. If the industry is to survive, they will have to erect them within the cities, where they should have gone in the first place.

There is already strong evidence the industry did not create as many jobs as was supposed to.

Joseph Hunter · Nov 6, 2014

When the Government Subsidies end they will probably abandon them in place. Right now they are so heavily subsidized that they make the owners money even if they don't produce any electricity!

rustyfarmall · Nov 7, 2014

(quoted from post at 18:20:53 11/06/14)
When the Government Subsidies end they will probably abandon them in place. Right now they are so heavily subsidized that they make the owners money even if they don't produce any electricity!

Exactly!! Considering the fact that each of those towers has nearly as much concrete in the ground as there is tower above the ground, those abandoned whirly monsters will probably be right there for ever.

Donald Lehman · Nov 7, 2014

We have em on Tug Hill. The landowners sure like em. They make some good money on the rent. They turn a good revenue for the county also, but the county still can't seem to keep it's budgets down cause the State just hangs more unfunded madates on the county. When the project was first under construction The county decided against buying power from the wind farm. The residents were MAD! Some of them still haven't got it through their thick heads that the hydro power electricity we buy is cheaper than what we could get the wind electricity for. The thing that gets everyone fired up is that The Boonville area has it's own power grid and their electricity costs are far less than what we pay here. I believe the time period for the subsidies on the Tug Hill wind farm is 20 years. I expect the things will be abandoned after the subsidies run out. They do hire quite a few guys for maintanence and the pay is pretty good. That's about the only positive thing about it, I guess.

rustyfarmall · Nov 7, 2014

Hydro generated electricity is more efficient than wind generated, and nucleur is even MORE efficient. Instead of investing time and money on those wind turbines, we should be building more nucleur powered generating plants.

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