FabSwingers.com forum: Gullible people

By *olymalelincs OP Man
over a year ago

southend

So yesterday a local wind turbine had a bit of an electrical fault that caused it to catch fire and burn out. Fast forward to today and someone puts a post on fb jokingly saying that the diesel engine that makes it spin must have overheated and caught fire, some of the comments on the post made me wonder just how gullible some people really are, when they start complaining that they thought wind turbines were meant to be eco friendly and having a diesel engine to make the fan spin is another disgusting trick by the energy companies so they can charge us more for electric. It kind of worries me if there are people out there that are seriously gullible enough to belive something as stupid as that

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By *m NormalMan
over a year ago

Telford

The answer is yes.

The next worrying thing is a lot more cannot be sure and will Google it. Just shows you how fucked the education system is

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Of course they have diesel back up engines, how do you think they spin on calm / no wind days.

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By *ools1964Man
over a year ago

Swadlincote

I'll mention only 2 things.. 1. Flat earthers

2. Religious people

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By *andyfloss2000Woman
over a year ago

ashford

I'm a very gullible person allways have been! Some people just are? X

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Santa is real so mehhh.

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By *naswingdressWoman
over a year ago

Manchester (she/her)

"So yesterday a local wind turbine had a bit of an electrical fault that caused it to catch fire and burn out. Fast forward to today and someone puts a post on fb jokingly saying that the diesel engine that makes it spin must have overheated and caught fire, some of the comments on the post made me wonder just how gullible some people really are, when they start complaining that they thought wind turbines were meant to be eco friendly and having a diesel engine to make the fan spin is another disgusting trick by the energy companies so they can charge us more for electric. It kind of worries me if there are people out there that are seriously gullible enough to belive something as stupid as that

We're two and a bit years into the Covid pandemic, and human stupidity surprises you?

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By *ealitybitesMan
over a year ago

Belfast

"Of course they have diesel back up engines, how do you think they spin on calm / no wind days.

Hamster wheels?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

We're two and a bit years into the Covid pandemic, and human stupidity surprises you?

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By *annaBeStrongMan
over a year ago

wokingham

Gullible people are everywhere and sometimes it a situational thing

Bring the least gullible person you know on site and by the end of the day I’ll hand him asking the plumbers for a long weight and asking the painters if they have any striped paint

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Did you know the word gullible looks like a cat when you read it upside down!

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By *uke OzadeMan
over a year ago

Ho Chi Minge City

I bought a book called ‘How to stop being gullible’ for £120 last year. It still hasn’t turned up yet…..

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By *ealitybitesMan
over a year ago

Belfast

Don't knock it.

Some fabbers have built their personas on the gullibility of others.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Wuts fire?

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By *eroLondonMan
over a year ago

Mayfair

That's why at school we all read "Gullible's Travels" by Jonathan Swift. I'm less gullible now because of it.

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By *asty tatsyMan
over a year ago

london

"Did you know the word gullible looks like a cat when you read it upside down!"

Did you know if you pronounce it backwards it sounds like eligible

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By *he AmbassadorMan
over a year ago

IRLANDA. / Prague. / Cil Dara

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is being gullible and being down right Stupid actually the same thing??

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

a bit like Alan (with an Asian accent) from Amazon who's telling me my subscription is due for renewal.

When I have the time, I love wasting theirs. They ask me to sit in front of a computer and type www.sharemypc.com so I type wwwdotsforsugarhforhotel etc etc which obviously doesn't work, so i tell them and they then tell me I'm wasting their time!!

the longest I've kept them on the phone is 37 minutes.

Recently I've taken to log into porn hub having it playing in the background and tell them I'm a bit busy at the moment..

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By *innocentMan
over a year ago

Littlehampton

"Of course they have diesel back up engines, how do you think they spin on calm / no wind days.

You are probably the sort of person who thinks a solar panelled property has no power on cloudy days.

It's called a turbine for a reason. Not a fan. No electricity or other form of power is required ,certainly not a back up.

On less windy days ,they produce at a slower rate. That is why there is always a field of them. Plus ,they only need less than 10mph to operate.

The

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Of course they have diesel back up engines, how do you think they spin on calm / no wind days.

You are probably the sort of person who thinks a solar panelled property has no power on cloudy days.

It's called a turbine for a reason. Not a fan. No electricity or other form of power is required ,certainly not a back up.

On less windy days ,they produce at a slower rate. That is why there is always a field of them. Plus ,they only need less than 10mph to operate.

The"

Of course they need diesel. They're all miles out to sea or in the middle of a field. No electricity out there to power them, got to use diesel.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Trust me, we all believe things to be true that aren’t, media, advertising and agenda driven education / propaganda make sure of that.

Disinformation / direction is everywhere!

Now, where’s my tin foil hat?

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By *icecouple561Couple
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over a year ago

East Sussex

"Trust me, we all believe things to be true that aren’t, media, advertising and agenda driven education / propaganda make sure of that.

Disinformation / direction is everywhere!

Now, where’s my tin foil hat?

I agree.

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By *onkeynutWoman
over a year ago

somewhere

I saw that post. This is the fens. Enough said

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By *harpDressed ManMan
over a year ago

Here occasionally, but mostly somewhere else

See also the people who think that posting "Fabswingers is now a publicly traded entity...." on their profile is a good idea.

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By *icassolifelikeMan
over a year ago

Luton

David Icke for PM. I’m going to make this happen.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Did you know the word gullible looks like a cat when you read it upside down!

Did you know if you pronounce it backwards it sounds like eligible "

I'm dyslexic. I just wrote it as 'goldfish'

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By *icecouple561Couple
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over a year ago

East Sussex

We're all gullible to a greater or lesser degree. I've seen people who believe themselves very worldly wise be extremely gullible if a pretty/handsome face is telling them something or a certain weakness is exploited.

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By *ornucopiaMan
over a year ago

Bexley

"Did you know the word gullible looks like a cat when you read it upside down!

...

I bought a book called ‘How to stop being gullible’ for £120 last year. It still hasn’t turned up yet…..

When it does, turn it upside down!

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By *r TriomanMan
over a year ago

Chippenham Malmesbury area

"Did you know the word gullible looks like a cat when you read it upside down!

...

I bought a book called ‘How to stop being gullible’ for £120 last year. It still hasn’t turned up yet…..

When it does, turn it upside down!"

Gullible is a made up word, it's not in the Oxford Dictionary...

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By *ebjonnsonMan
over a year ago

Maldon

"I'll mention only 2 things.. 1. Flat earthers

2. Religious people "

Actually, the Flat Earth society is doing very well. They are expanding and opening new offices, all around the world!

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By *ornucopiaMan
over a year ago

Bexley

"The answer is yes.

The next worrying thing is a lot more cannot be sure and will Google it. Just shows you how fucked the education system is"

I hadn't even scrolled down as far as your comment without coming to the same conclusion.

Unfortunately, a dwindling number of teachers still exist who, themselves, had a decent education and they are all retired.

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By *naswingdressWoman
over a year ago

Manchester (she/her)

"The answer is yes.

The next worrying thing is a lot more cannot be sure and will Google it. Just shows you how fucked the education system is"

I'm not sure it's a bad thing to say "I'm not sure how this system works, I'll see if I can find out". I know sweet FA about the mechanics - for all I know they have a backup motor for reasons I don't know enough about. (Not to make them spin)

Random googling gets elevated to "research" and people are too reliant on results that aren't fact checked, but it's a different problem to "I don't know, I'll see if I can find out".

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By *icecouple561Couple
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over a year ago

East Sussex

Believing yourself not to be gullible can make you very vulnerable to being gullified.

That is a word. Don't believe me!? Look it up.

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By *inky_couple2020Couple
over a year ago

North West

Did you know? They took gullible out of the dictionary...

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By *olymalelincs OP Man
over a year ago

southend

"I saw that post. This is the fens. Enough said

See I escaped from essex 3 years ago and thought I had left that type people down south lol but then seeing how many people from essex alone have moved up here I shouldn't be surprised really

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By *uriousscouserWoman
over a year ago

Wirral

I love it when something like that happens and people get outraged over something that's patently untrue.

I do think we all have blind spots though. I'll buy any product that claims to make my naturally coarse and frizzy hair sleek and smooth. None of it works and I know even when I'm parting with my cash that it won't work, but there's always the hope that this bit of snake oil actually might do the trick. I know how gullible I am, but it just doesn't stop me.

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By *naswingdressWoman
over a year ago

Manchester (she/her)

"I love it when something like that happens and people get outraged over something that's patently untrue.

Yeah, knowing your weak spots is important.

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By *bi HaiveMan
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over a year ago

Cheeseville, Somerset

"Of course they have diesel back up engines, how do you think they spin on calm / no wind days.

You are probably the sort of person who thinks a solar panelled property has no power on cloudy days.

It's called a turbine for a reason. Not a fan. No electricity or other form of power is required ,certainly not a back up.

On less windy days ,they produce at a slower rate. That is why there is always a field of them. Plus ,they only need less than 10mph to operate.

The

Of course they need diesel. They're all miles out to sea or in the middle of a field. No electricity out there to power them, got to use diesel.

It's not diesel, it's hamsters. Teams of them. On big wheels.

Much cheaper than paying people to run on a treadmill and they aren't bothered about petty workers rights issues.

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By *olly_chromaticTV/TS
over a year ago

Stockport

"Of course they have diesel back up engines, how do you think they spin on calm / no wind days.

You are probably the sort of person who thinks a solar panelled property has no power on cloudy days.

It's called a turbine for a reason. Not a fan. No electricity or other form of power is required ,certainly not a back up.

On less windy days ,they produce at a slower rate. That is why there is always a field of them. Plus ,they only need less than 10mph to operate.

The

Of course they need diesel. They're all miles out to sea or in the middle of a field. No electricity out there to power them, got to use diesel.

The most modern ones are all electric. Once a month a guy goes out in a rowing boat to replace the batteries. That's the reason why the fan bit is put on top of a long pole, the pole is hollow to hold the AA batteries.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

They have a very sophisticated computerised system which kicks in on calm days to help maintain power back to the grid but its far, far less than what it generates whilst in operation to make it worthwhile. If it can't generate enough power it shuts down and applies a brake to prevent it from spinning

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By *agerMorganMan
over a year ago

Canvey Island

The people who fall for things like this is usually boiled down to

1) how dense the population is

2) how dense the population is

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By *icecouple561Couple
Forum Mod
over a year ago

East Sussex

"I love it when something like that happens and people get outraged over something that's patently untrue.

Same! I have genuinely just come back from searching the shops for a miracle serum that means I can just wash and leave my hair. I'm 65 years old, I KNOW from years of experience that nothing but a blow dry or decent pair of straighteners will do the trick but here I still am, living in hope

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

That's not being gullible it'sbeing thick as two short planks. It's brought about by a combination of a total lack of attention in school and the belief that the world is out to get them.

Life now is too easy for humans to thrive mentally, people no longer need to understand anything about how the world actually works in order to survive, all that many people need to know is how our imagined reality works. Whole careers are worked in finance and law for example that require no knowledge of how the food we eat, the clothes we wear, the products we buy are actually produced and this has been the case for long enough that large amounts of people simply haven't a clue how anything works. It's argued that the steady decline in the volume of the human brain is the result of us needing to know much less in order to survive than our hunter gatherer ancestors did, paralleling the same brain volume decrease seen in domestic animals.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I think people have been conditioned to believe what screens tell them. If it's on the news it must be true.

For some reason this fact came to mind: The day after the brexit vote "what is the EU" was trending on Google.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Of course they have diesel back up engines, how do you think they spin on calm / no wind days.

You are probably the sort of person who thinks a solar panelled property has no power on cloudy days.

It's called a turbine for a reason. Not a fan. No electricity or other form of power is required ,certainly not a back up.

On less windy days ,they produce at a slower rate. That is why there is always a field of them. Plus ,they only need less than 10mph to operate.

The

Of course they need diesel. They're all miles out to sea or in the middle of a field. No electricity out there to power them, got to use diesel.

Every day is a school day.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Of course they have diesel back up engines, how do you think they spin on calm / no wind days.

You are probably the sort of person who thinks a solar panelled property has no power on cloudy days.

It's called a turbine for a reason. Not a fan. No electricity or other form of power is required ,certainly not a back up.

On less windy days ,they produce at a slower rate. That is why there is always a field of them. Plus ,they only need less than 10mph to operate.

The

Of course they need diesel. They're all miles out to sea or in the middle of a field. No electricity out there to power them, got to use diesel.

It's not diesel, it's hamsters. Teams of them. On big wheels.

Much cheaper than paying people to run on a treadmill and they aren't bothered about petty workers rights issues.

They should change this. People in gyms could be hooked up to them so the hamsters get a rest.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

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By *osey WalesMan
over a year ago

Surrey

Some people are just gullable and as mentioned before people rely on the internet for facts and fact checking. Elon Musk has now bought twitter and wants to reduce the regs over it so fake news will be abundant..

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I saw that post. This is the fens. Enough said

Ahhh the Fens, one of the few places I admit to breaking the speed limit if only to escape the place...

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

have they added it into the dictionary yet?

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By *inky_couple2020Couple
over a year ago

North West

"have they added it into the dictionary yet?"

They took it out again last week.

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By *naswingdressWoman
over a year ago

Manchester (she/her)

"I think people have been conditioned to believe what screens tell them. If it's on the news it must be true.

For some reason this fact came to mind: The day after the brexit vote "what is the EU" was trending on Google. "

Lolsob

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By *nimaginativeUsernameMan
over a year ago

Rochester, Kent

I think those wind farms out at sea are ridiculous. How much energy does it take for a great big ship to go out every week or so to collect the electricity?

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By *ockosaurusMan
over a year ago

Warwick

Perhaps you were the gullible one for believing the complaints were real and not just people taking the piss?

Though tbh, I have met people that would believe that.

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By *ovebjsMan
over a year ago

Bristol

"I'll mention only 2 things.. 1. Flat earthers

2. Religious people "

You forgot 5G conspiracists

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By *inky_couple2020Couple
over a year ago

North West

"I think those wind farms out at sea are ridiculous. How much energy does it take for a great big ship to go out every week or so to collect the electricity?"

Electricity can be conducted through water. The tide washes all the electrons towards the shore and former fishermen have been redeployed to catch the electrons in special positively charged nets.

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By *eroLondonMan
over a year ago

Mayfair

"I think those wind farms out at sea are ridiculous. How much energy does it take for a great big ship to go out every week or so to collect the electricity?

Electricity can be conducted through water. The tide washes all the electrons towards the shore and former fishermen have been redeployed to catch the electrons in special positively charged nets. "

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I think those wind farms out at sea are ridiculous. How much energy does it take for a great big ship to go out every week or so to collect the electricity?

Electricity can be conducted through water. The tide washes all the electrons towards the shore and former fishermen have been redeployed to catch the electrons in special positively charged nets. "

they still have to wear rubber wellies and marigolds when catching them though

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By *inky_couple2020Couple
over a year ago

North West

"I think those wind farms out at sea are ridiculous. How much energy does it take for a great big ship to go out every week or so to collect the electricity?

Electricity can be conducted through water. The tide washes all the electrons towards the shore and former fishermen have been redeployed to catch the electrons in special positively charged nets.

they still have to wear rubber wellies and marigolds when catching them though"

Obviously. Anything less would just be positively silly

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I think those wind farms out at sea are ridiculous. How much energy does it take for a great big ship to go out every week or so to collect the electricity?

Electricity can be conducted through water. The tide washes all the electrons towards the shore and former fishermen have been redeployed to catch the electrons in special positively charged nets.

they still have to wear rubber wellies and marigolds when catching them though

Obviously. Anything less would just be positively silly

safeety first and all that

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By *eliusMan
over a year ago

Henlow

And some people believe that the earth is flat … go figure!

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By *nimaginativeUsernameMan
over a year ago

Rochester, Kent

"I think those wind farms out at sea are ridiculous. How much energy does it take for a great big ship to go out every week or so to collect the electricity?

Electricity can be conducted through water. The tide washes all the electrons towards the shore and former fishermen have been redeployed to catch the electrons in special positively charged nets.

Oh I see. I never thought of that.

I feel a bit daft now.

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By *inky_couple2020Couple
over a year ago

North West

"I think those wind farms out at sea are ridiculous. How much energy does it take for a great big ship to go out every week or so to collect the electricity?

Electricity can be conducted through water. The tide washes all the electrons towards the shore and former fishermen have been redeployed to catch the electrons in special positively charged nets.

Oh I see. I never thought of that.

I feel a bit daft now. "

Every day's a school day

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By *naswingdressWoman
over a year ago

Manchester (she/her)

"And some people believe that the earth is flat … go figure!"

Ah, but they're so smart. They've done their own research. And they have members all around the globe!

Take that, sheeple!

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By *inky_couple2020Couple
over a year ago

North West

"And some people believe that the earth is flat … go figure!

Ah, but they're so smart. They've done their own research. And they have members all around the globe!

Take that, sheeple!

All over the disc, surely?

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By *naswingdressWoman
over a year ago

Manchester (she/her)

"And some people believe that the earth is flat … go figure!

Ah, but they're so smart. They've done their own research. And they have members all around the globe!

Take that, sheeple!

All over the disc, surely?"

Their lack of precision in language isn't my problem

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By *ackformore100Man
over a year ago

Tin town

"I saw that post. This is the fens. Enough said

Ahhh the Fens, one of the few places I admit to breaking the speed limit if only to escape the place...

People have a different way of doing things round there...

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By *olly_chromaticTV/TS
over a year ago

Stockport

"I think those wind farms out at sea are ridiculous. How much energy does it take for a great big ship to go out every week or so to collect the electricity?"

They should save money by using the same ship to change their batteries, instead of using the separate bloke in the rowing boat

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Of course they have diesel back up engines, how do you think they spin on calm / no wind days.

You are probably the sort of person who thinks a solar panelled property has no power on cloudy days.

It's called a turbine for a reason. Not a fan. No electricity or other form of power is required ,certainly not a back up.

On less windy days ,they produce at a slower rate. That is why there is always a field of them. Plus ,they only need less than 10mph to operate.

The"

Well here's the proof we needed if we needed proof that the gullible person actually exists.

Seriously bud I appreciate the excellent explanation of the workings of a wind turbine but it wasn't totally required.

Property's have solar panels you say. ?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"And some people believe that the earth is flat … go figure!"

It's only flat because people keep forgetting to plug in the wind turbines over night to charge the flat earth batteries.

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By *inky-MinxWoman
over a year ago

Grantham

Are you new to the forums OP?

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By *naswingdressWoman
over a year ago

Manchester (she/her)

"Are you new to the forums OP?

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By *olymalelincs OP Man
over a year ago

southend

"Are you new to the forums OP?

Sadly not

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