And another windmill bites the dust

**BolshieBastard** · 5 January 2015, 12:15

You tell us, you're the ******* alien!

**vetran** · 5 January 2015, 12:22

Originally posted by zeitghost View Post

Wind turbine collapses in Northern Ireland - Telegraph

Now why should it fall over if the winds were "light"?

Now why should it fall over if the winds were "light"?
They fall over now because the design is Tulip

see poetry!

**d000hg** · 5 January 2015, 12:36

It's lucky fossil & nuclear power facilities never go wrong.

**original PM** · 5 January 2015, 12:39

Originally posted by d000hg View Post

It's lucky fossil & nuclear power facilities never go wrong.

I would imagine that the number of faults per erg of energy generated is a lot lower for the fossil/nuclear.

**original PM** · 5 January 2015, 12:56

Originally posted by zeitghost

What a wonderful unit was the erg.

Indeed it was

**d000hg** · 5 January 2015, 12:58

Originally posted by original PM View Post

I would imagine that the number of faults per erg of energy generated is a lot lower for the fossil/nuclear.

What about deaths per erg? If a windmill blade falls off, it might hit a sheep. If a reactor goes wrong, it can poison a whole load of sheep

**mudskipper** · 5 January 2015, 13:10

Originally posted by zeitghost

What a wonderful unit was the erg.

Sounds like it should be a smiley :erg:

**EternalOptimist** · 5 January 2015, 13:11

Originally posted by mudskipper View Post

Sounds like it should be a smiley :erg:

or the :urrgh: a unit of omg

**cojak** · 5 January 2015, 13:18

Originally posted by vetran View Post

Now why should it fall over if the winds were "light"?
They fall over now because the design is Tulip

see poetry!

Tulipe would have scanned better...

And another windmill bites the dust