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Resources needed for gas vs wind power100× more iron ore, 25× more concrete, 10× more specialty metals and minerals, 900 tonnes nonrecyclable plastics, 10 square miles of land for wind turbines versus natural gas - graphic from Blackrock Energy and Resources Income Trust, Half Yearly Financial Report, 31 May 2022 - based on data from The Hard Math of Minerals by Mark P. Mills, Issues in Science and Technology, January 27, 2022Jan 23, 2023
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Wind turbine hub: oily dirt and missing nose coneVestas 1.65-megawatt wind turbine, missing its nose cone, at Portland General Electric’s Biglow Canyon wind farm in Wasco County, Oregon, 2022 - Photographer: Dave Killen/The OregonianJan 23, 2023
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Akita Prefecture, JapanWind turbines line a major road in Akita Prefecture, Japan - photo from Yomiuri ShimbunJan 23, 2023
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Fire, Mendota, IllinoisWind turbine burns near Mendota, Illinois, January 6, 2023 - photo by Elena FouckJan 11, 2023
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Installing the blades at the Blue Grass Ridge wind farm in Gentry County, MissouriInstalling the blades at the Blue Grass Ridge wind farm in Gentry County, Missouri
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Repacking the backfill over the concrete foundation mound to a hardness many times the original soil structureRepacking the backfill over the concrete foundation mound to a hardness many times the original soil structure
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Oil leaked from nacelle to the base of tower - Palm Springs, California Oil leaked from nacelle to the base of tower - Palm Springs, California
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Lifting the rotor assemblyLifting the rotor assembly
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New blade did not survive first stormNew blade did not survive first storm
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Birds and wind turbinesBirds and wind turbines
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sWINDle billboard, Pittsfield, Mass.sWINDle billboard, Pittsfield, Mass.
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Damaged rotor blade, The Netherlands, July 3, 2005Damaged rotor blade, The Netherlands, July 3, 2005
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