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>almost entirely wind-powered now. It Wind provides base-load? Since when? Behind every big wind deployment is a natural-gas company awash with profits. Serio
by macspoofing 6y ago
>almost entirely wind-powered now. It
Wind provides base-load? Since when?
Behind every big wind deployment is a natural-gas company awash with profits. Seriously, natural gas companies are probably the biggest lobby groups for, and proponents of, wind and solar these days. Just look a little deeper into any major wind deployment and you'll see a natural gas company staring back at you. Why?
- JoeAltmaier 6y agoLast year, wind in Iowa surpassed coal. And yes gas is the big supplier here, because of all the grain drying mostly.
- macspoofing 6y agoYep. I know nothing about Iowa, but I can bet Iowan wind farms were constructed by a natural gas company (or at least natural gas company was a big investor). Natural gas companies LOVE wind power because it means more demand and more customers for natural gas.