3/21/2023 0 Comments Wind turbine graveyard![]() ![]() Without that American refining sector, the demands for the fuels and products that are the basis of our lifestyles and economy would need to be met by foreign refiners exporting to the USA. Without any crude oil to manufacture, elimination of the supply chain to the 129 operating refineries in the U.S. would eliminate that manufacturing sector. Surprisingly, Biden must be oblivious to the consequences of his plan as efforts to cease the use of oil could be the greatest threat to civilization, not climate change. ![]() energy independence, starting with suspending Federal Oil and Gas Permits, encouraging the shuttering, and halting of further fracking efforts in America, the cancellation of the Keystone XL pipeline, and banning importation of foreign crude oil. Under the Biden climate plan, America will be discouraging U.S. That’s over 304,000 gallons of refined oil for just one city. It is estimated that 3,800+ turbines would be needed to power a city the size of New York. Improper or insufficient lubrication can lead to significant maintenance and operations cost or equipment downtime. Hydraulic fluid is used in hydraulic systems for blade pitch control. Gear oil is used in lubricating gearboxes grease is used on the main rotor shaft bearing, yaw bearing, pitch drive gears, blade bearing and generator bearing. These points require various lubricants such as gear oils, hydraulic oils, and greases. There are several lubrication points in a wind turbine, including gearbox, open gear, pitch gear, pitch bearing, rotor shaft, yaw bearing, yaw gear, hydraulic systems, and generator bearings. Wind-turbine lubricants play a critical role in equipment operation, maintenance, and reliability of a wind farm. The oil for each turbine needs to be replaced once a year. Each wind turbine needs 80 gallons of oil as lubricant, which is a PAO (polyalphaolefin) synthetic oil based on approximately 12,000 gallons of crude oil. The average wind farm contains roughly 150 turbines. The short 100-seconds video illustrates how “Fossil Fuels are Essential to Modern Life”.Ĭase in point: Ridding America of Crude Oil will Eliminate the lubricants for Wind Turbines. The primary usage of crude oil is for the manufacture of fuels for the many transportation infrastructures such as airlines, merchant ships, automobiles, trucks, military, the space program, and for the manufacturing of oil derivatives that are the basis of more than 6,000 products in our economy and lifestyles. After these exhaust gases are recovered, they heat water in a boiler, creating steam to drive a second turbine. Combined-cycle technology – Oil is first combusted in a combustion turbine, using the heated exhaust gases to generate electricity.Combustion turbine – Oil is burned under pressure to produce hot exhaust gases which spin a turbine to generate electricity. ![]() Conventional steam – Oil is burned to heat water to create steam to generate electricity.When oil is used, three technologies are used to convert crude oil into electricity: Coal is often used for generation of electricity, especially in poorer developing countries like China, India, and Africa where they need reliable, affordable, and abundant coal.Ĭrude oil is seldom used to generate electricity. ![]() Natural Gas is often used for generation of continuous uninterruptible electricity at extremely low emissions.Of the 3 fossil fuels of coal, natural gas, and crude oil, it’s only coal and natural gas that are primarily used for the generation of continuous uninterruptible electricity. Tinkering with the supply chain of oil could impact the supply chain of thousands of products needed by current lifestyles and worldwide economies. The primary usage of crude oil is for the manufacture of derivatives for thousands of products and fuels for transportation infrastructures. ![]()
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