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DoBW

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8. really good

Reply to Swede (Original post)

Wed Apr 8, 2026, 10:51 AM

19 hrs ago

I'm blown away

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Scotland temporarily ran entirely on wind power as turbines generated over 200 percent of national electricity demand. [View all] Swede 20 hrs ago OP

We could learn a lot from our European friends if we would get our head out of our ass. walkingman 20 hrs ago #1

It has NOTHING to do with our heads up our asses. Conjuay 20 hrs ago #2

Both are true. yardwork 19 hrs ago #6

Scotland regularly generates an electricity surplus over its own requirements Emrys 20 hrs ago #3

Decades of these kinds of momentary 100% reports demonstrate... NNadir 20 hrs ago #4

This isn't a "momentary" surplus, nor is it unreliable. Emrys 19 hrs ago #7

Nonsense. It isn't rocket science to understand that the wind doesn't blow continuously. NNadir 18 hrs ago #9

I was just thinking the other day I hadn't seen an NNadir pro-nuke post in awhile AZJonnie 18 hrs ago #10

Wind power will only prolong our dependence on fossil fuels. hunter 17 hrs ago #13

Yes I've read many dozens of NNadir's posts over the years, you don't have to get me up to speed AZJonnie 17 hrs ago #15

The best ways to halt human population growth are not coercive. hunter 16 hrs ago #16

Nuclear power will have a similar effect Emrys 15 hrs ago #18

Low wind and no sunshine cause renewable energy shutdowns constantly. hunter 13 hrs ago #20

Hence my emphasis throughout on a MIX of resources Emrys 12 hrs ago #23

Trashing coastal environments with tidal power schemes isn't going to save the world. hunter 8 hrs ago #25

This is now getting tiresome. I didn't realize a good news story about Scotland would bring on the nuclear fanboys. Emrys 7 hrs ago #28

Bullshit. Hickley C will be saving lives half a century after every wind turbine in Scotland has become landfill. NNadir 12 hrs ago #21

Oh, bullshit yourself. Emrys 12 hrs ago #24

Nonsense yourself. I think you fit very well the description of an ideologue Emrys 17 hrs ago #12

Could it be that's what the fossil fuel industry wants you to think? hunter 15 hrs ago #17

I don't know why you think that. Emrys 15 hrs ago #19

Human ingenuity sometimes (not often, but sometimes) Torchlight 19 hrs ago #5

really good DoBW 19 hrs ago #8

They will need to be bombed over this and their regime changed. Too threatening to Big Oil. (SARCASM). artemisia1 18 hrs ago #11

Gee. Who WOULDN'T want that for the USA and planet earth? Kid Berwyn 17 hrs ago #14

Wouldn't it be great to read, United States of America temporarily ran entirely on wind power... Passages 12 hrs ago #22

And we get coal natural gas and oil. Klarkashton 8 hrs ago #26

he hated wind power becuase Turbines were in view on the golf course he acquired. Acccording to the Clown-in-Charge, OAITW r.2.0 7 hrs ago #27

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