Of course he’s taking short cuts ! These things are way more expensive than he will ever admit to… Shortcuts are necessary to make things look viable What happens when these things catch fire in a fire season?
...how wonderful it is to observe thousands upon thousands of acres of these huge turbines and solar farms beautifying Australia's horrendous natural vistas...
150 million each 1.8 million dollar of concrete to hold them up 3 million per Km to trench for connection 2.5 per Km fo 28 thousands Km fo over head lines to connect to grid 50 thousand per month per turbine to landowners on their land Plus freight from China then from Port to location Plus civil work fo site prep and access tracks Plus main road works to upgrade intercetions for access to Field Plus large crane hire at 3 days assembly for each tower 😮 Plus all the man power fr assembly I doubt they can cover their cost at 20 Percent output Plu they consume power to keep them turning waiting for the wind to blow😢
While I agree that these things need proper fire suppresiion boiling oil and molten fibreglass is simply rubbish. They can and do catch fire from the generation system which in worse case as shown can catch the blades on fire. They do have I believe around 200 litres of oil on board for cooling the generators and ofcourse actual lubrication. Need? They are a small part of generation, a bit like half assed ugly rooves. They are an enviromental disaster with their 5-7 year life fibreglass blades and when they are past their use bye being abandoned. All that green concrete and mechanism and oil. They it seems updates to better models at max about 15 years. As for fire suppression in a bushfire areas that would be up to regulators at all 3 levels of Govt. Who quite possible never actually did as required. A fire system however is far from ideal. Will put out small fires but not large ones so they are a bushfire risk
Petrol driven cars/bikes catch fire and blow up..leaving oil spillage….a lot of the old coal fired power stations have a lot of asbestos insulation around the turbine piping etc..which causes asbestosis and in rare cases lung cancer and mesothelioma (of which my father had asbestosis and plural plaques on the lungs while working in 3 separate power stations in Queensland)…Callide C power station caught fire because of the failure of battery backup and is still out of action…. electrical generators at substations also have oil which often leaks and catches fire…especially the one at the end of our street when lighting has struck it several times..even our local garbage truck leaked oil up and down the road and footpaths because the hydraulic arm leaked while collecting the bins…so are the plastic bins an environmental disaster when kids go around setting fire to them…even panel beaters have trouble with fibreglass using it as bog to fill holes repairing motor vehicles…in a nutshell…everything comes with some kind of danger and causes some kind of environmental damage…but…we have to keep going ahead and move forward and go not backwards.
And that's a joke perpetrated on the Australian people by the dumbasses of Labor! One turbine spewing toxic fumes into the atmosphere, that's a years worth of emissions in one fell swoop.
The stupidity of all this is, planting 4,100 trees is the same offset and carbon capture as one wind turbine during it's lifetime. If Australia has 2,500 wind turbines, then planting 10.5 million trees would have the same effect in reducing co2. With 1 million people unemployed in Australia they would only have to plant 10 trees each.
5000HP+ Top Fuel dragsters are required to have an engine blanket/nappy to prevent shrapnel from flying! How were these designed without such a simple component, it would’ve just needed to be an external thick walled metal enclosure! Yes it would be more expensive due to more materials and larger diameter towers to support the weight, but cost doesn’t seem to matter when it comes to renewables so why weren’t they built more robustly?
Years ago on an overseas Windfarm project, as a fire prevention engineer. I asked if they were going o use nonflammable oil in the gear boxes and fit self contained fire suppression systems, pointing out that there is a history of fires in those units and no way to fight them. My comments fell on deaf ears- history repeats.
They are like trebuchets. If they contain oil and explode they could easily send such material to 120 metres away, assume that the blades are turning,depending on the length of the blade in Australia they vary between 40 - 90 metres in length. Find it hard to imagine that there are no fire suppression system in these ugly, visually unappealing POS!
Get rid of this green crap..
Vested interest and lobbying for renewables needs independent investigation..?
Corruption in government
I find it more worrying that they want Emergency Vehicles to be 'Electric'. You just can't make this comedy up.
Not to mention they are an eye sore
Sounds exactly like a repeat of the pink batts scam.
That was rushed through too.
Labor's energy plan will make it's Pink Batts fiasco look like a picnic.
This will be the downfall of Labor
Only this time we are talking Billions of Dollars and a road to bankruptcy.
Everything this bunch of Labor useless incompetents touch turns to shit!!!
We must never forget the 4 deaths and over 100 house fires directly attributable to the roll out and installation of pink batts. Absolute disgrace.
Bowen might end up incarceration if its found they short cut approvals. And how much will it cost to drop these towers
Of course he’s taking short cuts !
These things are way more expensive than he will ever admit to…
Shortcuts are necessary to make things look viable
What happens when these things catch fire in a fire season?
It’s not just western Victoria. Here in Gippsland we are putting one up in a pine plantation. Gippsland loses people and property to bushfires too.
Interesting, foreign owned. They should be responsible for all reparations. No exemptions at all.
Foreign owned means foreign dividends, but Chris Bowen will never tell you that.
...how wonderful it is to observe thousands upon thousands of acres of these huge turbines and solar farms beautifying Australia's horrendous natural vistas...
And all the dead birds and bats....
@@awc900 ...ah icing on the cake....not.
Yet epa only go after the little guys
A burning tower , what could go wrong?
We could glue pink batts to the blades
There are pink bats stuck to the blades. The dead bats that turn pink from being chopped up.
@@Diponty 🤩😂
@@Dipontysad but true. 😢
Lefties: "The wind will put the fires out".
What do expect it literally says on blade “made in china”don’t use in high winds.
😂😂😂 temu windmill
Its not a grey area. Its engineering and regulatory oversight
Follow the money.
Remember the pink bats ,lives will be loss and this government will have to answer to this in the very near future sadly
150 million each
1.8 million dollar of concrete to hold them up
3 million per Km to trench for connection
2.5 per Km fo 28 thousands Km fo over head lines to connect to grid
50 thousand per month per turbine to landowners on their land
Plus freight from China then from Port to location
Plus civil work fo site prep and access tracks
Plus main road works to upgrade intercetions for access to Field
Plus large crane hire at 3 days assembly for each tower 😮
Plus all the man power fr assembly
I doubt they can cover their cost at 20 Percent output
Plu they consume power to keep them turning waiting for the wind to blow😢
While I agree that these things need proper fire suppresiion boiling oil and molten fibreglass is simply rubbish.
They can and do catch fire from the generation system which in worse case as shown can catch the blades on fire. They do have I believe around 200 litres of oil on board for cooling the generators and ofcourse actual lubrication.
Need? They are a small part of generation, a bit like half assed ugly rooves. They are an enviromental disaster with their 5-7 year life fibreglass blades and when they are past their use bye being abandoned. All that green concrete and mechanism and oil. They it seems updates to better models at max about 15 years.
As for fire suppression in a bushfire areas that would be up to regulators at all 3 levels of Govt. Who quite possible never actually did as required.
A fire system however is far from ideal. Will put out small fires but not large ones so they are a bushfire risk
Petrol driven cars/bikes catch fire and blow up..leaving oil spillage….a lot of the old coal fired power stations have a lot of asbestos insulation around the turbine piping etc..which causes asbestosis and in rare cases lung cancer and mesothelioma (of which my father had asbestosis and plural plaques on the lungs while working in 3 separate power stations in Queensland)…Callide C power station caught fire because of the failure of battery backup and is still out of action…. electrical generators at substations also have oil which often leaks and catches fire…especially the one at the end of our street when lighting has struck it several times..even our local garbage truck leaked oil up and down the road and footpaths because the hydraulic arm leaked while collecting the bins…so are the plastic bins an environmental disaster when kids go around setting fire to them…even panel beaters have trouble with fibreglass using it as bog to fill holes repairing motor vehicles…in a nutshell…everything comes with some kind of danger and causes some kind of environmental damage…but…we have to keep going ahead and move forward and go not backwards.
But we're "saving" the planet 😂😂😂
And that's a joke perpetrated on the Australian people by the dumbasses of Labor! One turbine spewing toxic fumes into the atmosphere, that's a years worth of emissions in one fell swoop.
The stupidity of all this is, planting 4,100 trees is the same offset and carbon capture as one wind turbine during it's lifetime. If Australia has 2,500 wind turbines, then planting 10.5 million trees would have the same effect in reducing co2. With 1 million people unemployed in Australia they would only have to plant 10 trees each.
Hahahahaha.
Saving the planet King Canute by destroying the environment.
I hate these discusting windfarms!!
We don't need more ignition apparatuses in Australia. We have to reduce the danger of fire, certainly NOT increase the possibility.
Organised crime.
2030 agenda, rush rush rush then 000 then fire, fire, fire ......
And lightning struck the earth over 30,000 times during that chat. 🤔
so what ? Naturally occurring. Ignorant comment.
That's what creates fires. Not CC 😊
@@Xdghiainstead of making ignorant comments, look at the truth of that statement!!
@@SueNicholls-95 Lightning strikes should be banned ,right Sue ?
Sometimes I stand in the airing cupboard and pretend to be a towel
😂
5000HP+ Top Fuel dragsters are required to have an engine blanket/nappy to prevent shrapnel from flying!
How were these designed without such a simple component, it would’ve just needed to be an external thick walled metal enclosure! Yes it would be more expensive due to more materials and larger diameter towers to support the weight, but cost doesn’t seem to matter when it comes to renewables so why weren’t they built more robustly?
Years ago on an overseas Windfarm project, as a fire prevention engineer. I asked if they were going o use nonflammable oil in the gear boxes and fit self contained fire suppression systems, pointing out that there is a history of fires in those units and no way to fight them. My comments fell on deaf ears- history repeats.
I sometimes fart in my hands to keep them warm
fkin disgraceful.
I wonder how bullet resistant these things are? Anyone know what they are mostly built of?
They are like trebuchets. If they contain oil and explode they could easily send such material to 120 metres away, assume that the blades are turning,depending on the length of the blade in Australia they vary between 40 - 90 metres in length. Find it hard to imagine that there are no fire suppression system in these ugly, visually unappealing POS!