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The '''Wind turbine''' is the modern day [[windmill]] which is marketed as a clean energy solution to replace power from fossil fuel, coal, and nuclear power plants. The addition of multiple wind turbines in the same geographical location is referred to as a wind farm. The sales pitch goes as follows, "wind turbines power millions of homes with wonderful 'free' energy". The truth is a much different story. "The wind power industry claims switching from conventional power to wind power will save consumers money and spur the economy. However, data from the top 10 wind power states show just the opposite."<ref>[https://www.forbes.com/sites/jamestaylor/2014/10/17/electricity-prices-soaring-in-top-10-wind-power-states/ Electricity Prices Soaring In Top Wind Power States, Forbes, October 17, 2014]</ref>

The '''Wind turbine''' is the modern day [[windmill]] which is marketed as a clean energy solution to replace power from fossil fuel, coal, and nuclear power plants. The addition of multiple wind turbines in the same geographical location is referred to as a wind farm, in which each turbine is 950 feet tall for offshore farms. The sales pitch goes as follows, "wind turbines power millions of homes with wonderful 'free' energy". The truth is a much different story. "The wind power industry claims switching from conventional power to wind power will save consumers money and spur the economy. However, data from the top 10 wind power states show just the opposite."<ref>[https://www.forbes.com/sites/jamestaylor/2014/10/17/electricity-prices-soaring-in-top-10-wind-power-states/ Electricity Prices Soaring In Top Wind Power States, Forbes, October 17, 2014]</ref>

At temperatures below -22° F, wind turbines cannot operate safely.  They are shut down when they are needed most.<ref>https://thehill.com/opinion/energy-environment/539004-as-nation-freezes-fossil-fuels-are-keeping-the-lights-and-heat-on</ref>  Wind turbines can also overheat, catch fire and partially to totally disintegrate and collapse if pushed past their limits by excessive wind or other factors (as in one documented case, where a malfunctioning wind turbine overheated, caught fire and partially disintegrated during sub-freezing weather in rural Alberta, Canada, causing a brush fire as parts of the turbine fell off into nearby brush<ref>[https://twitter.com/MagnusAlmighty/status/1371104131570561025 Campaign for Change: "BREAKING:WIND TURBINE. LITERALLY. CREATES BRUSH FIRE"] at Twitter</ref>).

At temperatures below -22° F, wind turbines cannot operate safely.  They are shut down when they are needed most.<ref>https://thehill.com/opinion/energy-environment/539004-as-nation-freezes-fossil-fuels-are-keeping-the-lights-and-heat-on</ref>  Wind turbines can also overheat, catch fire and partially to totally disintegrate and collapse if pushed past their limits by excessive wind or other factors (as in one documented case, where a malfunctioning wind turbine overheated, caught fire and partially disintegrated during sub-freezing weather in rural Alberta, Canada, causing a brush fire as parts of the turbine fell off into nearby brush<ref>[https://twitter.com/MagnusAlmighty/status/1371104131570561025 Campaign for Change: "BREAKING:WIND TURBINE. LITERALLY. CREATES BRUSH FIRE"] at Twitter</ref>).