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Lord Christopher Monckton | The Economics Behind Windmills
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Lord Christopher Monckton joins us on stage for a quick talk to discuss the economics behind windmills and the problems behind them.
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I researched wind turbines at sea too. Found it a staggeringly stupid idea on every level, environmental, cost, nature and economy. Then a skilful technical artist did a full digital scale mock up of the turbines on the beautiful landscape. It showed the fraud of the developers models. It was a Dutch/French owned company proposal. Then I went to a Greenpeace meeting in London - they thought the turbines at sea a great idea but with a staggering lack of analyses. It fitted their narrative and that was good enough. I wondered whether it was because of funding but it shocked me. Then I found that other UK nature charities would not contest this environmental travesty either. It was political, not environmental which then made me question charitable big business. Now I see Patrick Moore who started Greenpeace, says it is now, very sadly, a commercial corporation.
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We have just this week had a report that in recent years North American bird population has decreased by 3 billion birds. Ontario Canada has wasted to much money on wind turbines that we are still paying for( for the next 45 years). Our electricity cost are among the highest in the world. Lord Moncton -Your work and wisdom is so sorely needed to stop this "sky is falling "hysteria from the green parties and persons. Thank you so much of taking the time to make these matters clear!
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Nicely done.... VERY well done. And all of this is consistent with everything my uncle, a power engineer, discovered while researching the efficacy of turbines over 10 years ago.
May God bless you, Lord Monckton , bringing these facts to light!
I became a fan of this man the moment he started the conversation by hugging another human being. Such a simple gesture is now rare to see. How many times have we seen bill gates hug anyone.
AOC - We only have 12 years left Al Gore - I've been saying that for the last 30 years!
This guy is right about scientists being pay to write tall tails. My cousin is one of them. She is a top scientist in her field.
Wind farms do not have to meet base load energy requirements as they are classed as secondary energy producers, not primary. Like solar voltaic cells, they cannot guarantee a constant supply into the electricity grid network. Wind fluctuations, low wind turbine speeds and very high winds drastically reduce their efficiency. Then there are the towers, massive concrete bases and power transmission cabling. You cannot just put these wind farms just anywhere, they have be placed in wind corridors. Issues of infra sound that can effect humans living in close proximity.
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Lord Monkton is such an intellectual powerhouse .... no wonder Al Gore is scared shitless to debate him !!
Dear Lord Monckton, thank you for the excellent lecture. Would you consider reviewing what the impact would be if our focus was on energy use efficiency and pollution reduction (toxic chemicals, plastic etc). I don't know what the math will show, but I am imagining that it would dwarf all the windmill type impact analysis in terms of benefit. Imagine what 1% efficiency increase would mean where efficiency=device energy, and productivity + our habits etc. Its one thing to reduce warming gasses (assuming that it was necessary) and another to destroy the various ecosystems with pollution and bad management.
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Very informative. Thank you. I wonder why they refer to wind turbines as windmills. Windmills are use to mill cereals. Isn't wind turbine the correct term? I know, I am being picky. I live in Blyth, Northumberland, Uk. I agree with an earlier comment about the numbers of wind turbines in the north of England and in Scotland. From the beach at Blyth I can see 1 windfarm of 5 massive turbines about 3-4 miles offshore, another of two turbines not far from them and one huge turbine at the start of the main pier into the harbour. The latter replaced nine smaller turbines that used to run along the pier.Then there are two more large turbines about 4 miles west of Blyth and another two windfarms with a dozen or so turbines 10 -20 miles north west of Blyth. All can be seen from the beach. It's ruining the views we used to have.
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Always glad to see my Lord Monckton. The man is tireless in uplifting the dignity of man. Voices like him are rare in the Earth. And people would be wise to give ear. But fools never learn as the Apostle Paul said: "Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth."
Texas and Germany proving Monckton right, windmills standing idle in the cold weather
From one Viscount to another Viscount .You are absolutely correct.I am a Master electrician and I know exactly what you are talking about .The cost to operate windmills are far to high .And the solar forcing has been completely omitted for so called climate change .Coal fired plants are best for Africa and need to be implemented asap to solve many issues .Nuclear is out of the question as they are far too unstable politically
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As an engineer: please, they are NOT mills ... no grain involved. They are wind turbines and simply mining the copper (coils) required offsets all their benefits.
I'd just like to take a moment to thank this platform for adding even more credibility to this presentation with their little link to the UN.
At least this gentleman is well educated and well spoken when telling them the truth.....
Thank you, Lord Moncton. This is what I have been saying for years. The money spent on needless renewables could have electrified Africa with African coal.
Monckton - An example to all of what a real, living, genuine, fraud - fighting, courageous MAN looks like.....and......an example of why practical math matters....... Thank you, Sir.
This is good information. I do believe that we should not rule out the use of nuclear power. Our currently used nuclear technologies are more expensive than coal burning in the short run. The new reactor designs that should be available soon, if ignorance about nuclear doesn't slow them down, should be as cheap as coal and environmental safer than coal. Nuclear has 2 million times the energy per unit of mass as any form of chemical energy such as coal. There is less digging to get the fuel and the waste isn't really waste at all but a valuable resources that we can use for all kinds of interest stuff. Thank for being interested in mathematically and scientifically driven choices about our energy future.
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Can anyone direct me to a credible source that calculated the amount of energy needed to build these turbines (so for the making of concrete, steel, glassfiber etc.) please?
Sadly these windmills are killing the worlds large birds - eagles, hawks etc. For nothing.
Know a guy that worked at the Altamont wind farm here in CA (7,000+ turbines). Every morning they’d drive out and pick up the carcasses of owls, eagles, hawks and other raptors, bats and birds. Every day.
A noble tilting at windmills :p Nice to have the numbers I suspected were there, and unfavourable. The fact is that we evolved our intelligence to deal with the climate change. I think individuals making decisions for themselves may be able to adjust just fine with our current technological tool kit. Our predecessors survived with stone tools. We have a lot of technologies ranging from coppiced woodlots of Osage Orange (compare Osage BTU output to coal) to The obar Gas developed in the 3rd world. Heavy generation can be handled by Thorium burning powerplants.
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I met an oil industry engineer from Texas whilst snowboarding in Canada. She told me fossil fuel companies love wind and solar and are investing. She said fossil fuel use was increased as coal fired plants are shut down when the wind blows and the sun shines and restarted whent its not blowing or shining It take a lot of coal to cold start a coal fired power station but not much to keep it running.
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