February 2008 in Texas the wind quit blowing for a couple days. It does that sometimes. 3% of Texas power comes from wind. So, all at once the grid couldn't keep up.
People went dark, were shut off, and no one knew what to do.
What if windpower was 20% of Texas power source. How dumb.
Windpower is another one of those really stupid money wasting ideas someone cooked up that just isn't going to work.
Ever.
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I work for an energy company and windpower is one of the ways the company creates power. It works but it's very, very pricey. As you mention, the wind can also be fickle. Windpower will never replace conventional power sources unless they find ways to reduce its costs...
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