wind power in 2023

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Fraser921
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wind power in 2023

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With all the trillions spent on windmills, how much extra power was generated in 2023?

a. 10 %
b 20 %
c 30 %
d It fell 2.1%

Answer D

https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=61943#:~:text=U.S.%20electricity%20generation%20from%20wind%20turbines%20decreased%20for,less%20than%20the%20434%2C297%20GWh%20generated%20in%202022.
dan_s
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Re: wind power in 2023

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Historians will look back on this insane spending on windmills as one of the dumbest things humans have ever done. Solar makes a bit more sense to me, but wind and solar at both too unreliable to be a significant percentage of any modern country's power grid.

Natural gas fired power plants are clearly the "Clean Solution" to U.S. and Canadian electricity demand, which is going a lot higher by 2030.
Dan Steffens
Energy Prospectus Group
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