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Environment & Energy

Finishline42

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12. Who owns all that land in Red states where most of the wind farms exist?

Reply to hunter (Reply #10)

Thu Jul 28, 2022, 07:21 PM

Jul 2022

That means that ranchers/land owners are the prime beneficiaries of the monthly lease payments per windmill on their property. It's the main reason the subsidies keep getting extended.

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10 States That Produce the Most Renewable Energy [View all] Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jul 2022 OP

How about a list Finishline42 Jul 2022 #1

A better list would be all the states suffering under extreme heat because people... NNadir Jul 2022 #2

"Trillions of dollars of solar and wind power..." thucythucy Jul 2022 #3

DQIIIIIIII jumping up and down again Finishline42 Jul 2022 #4

I have produced the energy output of the useless and expensive so called "renewable energy..." NNadir Jul 2022 #5

Yep, facts matter Finishline42 Jul 2022 #6

Oh gee. "Percent talk." NNadir Jul 2022 #7

Again with the "trillions of dollars." thucythucy Jul 2022 #8

The reference is here: NNadir Jul 2022 #9

Thank you for the reference. thucythucy Jul 2022 #13

I really, really, really don't care about what some people call "nuclear waste." NNadir Jul 2022 #14

If wind energy wasn't good for the natural gas industry Texas would oppose it. hunter Jul 2022 #10

No, it isn't a coincidence where Denmark is concerned. To their credit, they're up front about it. NNadir Jul 2022 #11

Who owns all that land in Red states where most of the wind farms exist? Finishline42 Jul 2022 #12