{"id":469,"date":"2023-02-06T11:42:02","date_gmt":"2023-02-06T11:42:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hilloffare.org\/?p=469"},"modified":"2023-02-06T11:47:34","modified_gmt":"2023-02-06T11:47:34","slug":"you-couldnt-make-this-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hilloffare.org\/index.php\/2023\/02\/06\/you-couldnt-make-this-up\/","title":{"rendered":"You couldn&#8217;t make this up!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I&#8217;m sure the windfarm operators have some great excuses for this one! and that they can provide suitably contrived and obtuse &#8220;Cost Benefit Analyses&#8221; or  &#8220;Carbon Balance&#8221; arguments to justify their actions, BUT &#8230; Really?  If these things are connected to the grid; which presumably they are, how difficult can it be for them to take electricity back from the grid to keep themselves warm?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Dozens of giant turbines at Scots windfarms powered by diesel generators<\/strong> &#8211; Here&#8217;s the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailyrecord.co.uk\/news\/scottish-news\/dozens-scottish-power-wind-turbines-29135763\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">link to the Daily Record<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Scottish Power admitted 71 of its windmills were hooked up to the fossil fuel supply after a fault developed with their power supply.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m sure the windfarm operators have some great excuses for this one! and that they can provide suitably contrived and obtuse &#8220;Cost Benefit Analyses&#8221; or [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":472,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-469","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-science"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>You couldn&#039;t make this up! 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