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1. Wind Power MYTHS (and why they’re pretty stupid)

3. MYTH a is any invented STORY, IDEA or CONCEPT.

4. There’s virtually a MYTHof

5. There’s virtually a MYTHof EVERYTHING.

6. MYTHSare INVENTIONS. Oftentimes they don’t agree FACTS. with real

7. Here be MYTHS about WIND POWER

8. Wind Power MYTH: does not help fight GLOBAL WARMING.

9. Uhh…

10. Here’s the

11. FACT:

12. Wind Power

13. is a

14. CLEAN,

15. RENEWABLE

16. ENERGY SOURCE.

17. This is NOT wind power.

18. AND

19. It does not produce any greenhouse gases or waste products,

20. which speed up global warming.

21. It’s actually

22. one of the few

23. ENERGY SOURCES

24. that actually fight

25. GLOBAL WARMING.

26. MYTH:

27. More energy spent is

28. BUILDING wind turbines

29. than it ever PRODUCES after.

30. If that’s true, what’s the point of building it in the first place?

31. FACTis:

32. FACTis: On average, it takes 3-5 months for a wind turbine to pay back the energy spent in its manufacture.

33. Plus, wind turbines are designed to operate for up to 20years.

34. So,

35. So, Potential Energy Production > Energy Spent in Manufacture

36. MYTH: For it to work, wind power needs a backup power source.

37. FACT: For it to work, wind power needs a backup power source!

38. FACT: For it to work, wind power needs a backup power source!

39. FACT: For it to work, wind power needs a backup power source! …just like every other energy source.

40. Like how Batman needs Robin

41. No energy source can be relied on 100%.

42. No energy source can be relied on 100%. Except Kryptonite, that is.

43. No energy source can be relied on 100%. Except Kryptonite, that is. (Unfortunately, it doesn’t exist.)

44. MYTH: Wind power is expensive.

45. MYTH: Wind power is expensive. FACT: Wind power is relatively cheap compared to other sources of energy.

46. For the past few years, the cost of wind power keeps falling as the global wind capacity keeps increasing.

47. Currently, WIND POWER costs around 5-7$ per KWh,

48. Currently, WIND POWER costs around 5-7$ per KWh, which is competitive with COAL (4-8$ per KWh)

49. Currently, WIND POWER costs around 5-7$ per KWh, which is competitive with COAL (4-8$ per KWh) and cheaper than NUCLEAR (6-11$ per KWh).

50. (pretty darn expensive) WIND PRICE GAS (real cheap) TIME (about now) (couple years ago) Since wind power keeps getting cheaper whilst gas prices keep increasing,

51. GAS WIND (near future) (end) In the near future, wind power could surpass gas as the cheapest energy resource.

52. MYTH: All wind farms should be at sea.

53. While it is true that offshore wind farms are more efficient,

54. they’re also more expensive to install,

55. and take longer to build.

56. Haven’t been invented yet. Keep dreaming. Onshore Wind Farms Cheap Offshore Wind Farms Don’t bother building these wind farms. You probably got duped. Expensive Low Efficiency High Efficiency

57. FACT. THAT’S A

58. MYTH:

59. MYTH: Wind Farms are

60. MYTH: Wind Farms are UGLY.

62. FACT:

63. FACT: It’s an opinion.

64. FACT: It’s an opinion. (Did that just make sense?)

65. FACT: Everyone is entitled to it.

66. FACT: Some people find it ugly, some people don’t.

67. FACT: Some people find it ugly, some people don’t. (There’s no use arguing over it.)

68. MYTH: Wind farms are noisy.

69. FACT: The rapid growth of technology in the past decade has rendered noise from many modern wind turbines virtually “undetectable”.

70. FACT: Regardless of this, several laws profess extremely strict guidelines that limit wind turbine noise emissions.

71. Watch this video and judge it yourself:

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