Wind Turbines Frozen and Useless in Texas

Solar is not a Solution for a Deep Freeze

Wind turbines are not dependable, durable, or practical. Don't believe me? Ask the millions of Texans without power in the middle of a deep freeze right now.

 I worked at the Solar Energy Research Center as an intern when I attended the Johns Hopkins School of International Relations in Washington, DC in the 1980's.

I wrote a took about the Canadian solar program. While there, I got to see solar and wind turbines as "alternative energy sources" that were beginning to get traction in the market.

Fast forward four decades, and solar and wind turbines are not longer alternative energy sources. They are everywhere.

Outside my house, I have many solar lights on the house, as well as solar lights in the garden to bring into the house as a dual use technology in a power failure.

However, I am more for nuclear power, fossil fuel, and water generated energy power. All are more dependable, practical, and cheaper than wind turbines. 

Why? Because solar is only useful, today, for limited power generation. It is best used in remote, rural settings that do not have access to nuclear, fossil fuel, or water energy sources.

In February 2021, Texas is in the middle of a deep freeze. Millions are without power as their wind turbines have frozen and are useless. 

I do not like wind turbines as I am a birder who loves God's creatures the gentle and peaceful birds that wind turbines kill by the millions, including the American Bald Eagle, symbol of the United States of America.

In any just world, the wind turbines in the United States would have been shut down years ago. 

Why? Because they are not dependable, durable, or able to deal with weather extremes. And they kill millions of migrating birds every year.

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