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Wow, this is a really misleading article. It takes a minor problem caused by a technical mistake, and turns it into something that threatens the viability of wi
by hristov 17y ago
Wow, this is a really misleading article. It takes a minor problem caused by a technical mistake, and turns it into something that threatens the viability of wind power as we know it.
There are known hydraulic fluids that operate fine in Minnesota temperatures. There are wind turbines that currently operate without problems in places colder than Minn.
The only problem is that these particular turbines were designed for the California climate and then someone bought them used and moved them to Minnesota without doing a proper feasibility study.
This is at most a story about local corporate and/or government incompetence. It has nothing to do with the future of wind power.
- hyperbovine 17y agoTotally agree. Funny that, in order to diagnose this problem, they probably drove out to the turbines in a vehicle with hydraulic brakes. Judging from the tone of this article, that accomplishment constitutes a major scientific discovery.
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