Engineers have in the past done a horseshit job of designing mechanisms to harness the wind and safely and efficiently convert it into electrical power. Yes... windmill failures are spectacularly visible for all to see, and provide perfect cannon fodder for those who oppose renewable energy sources. Videos of failing windmills are readily available, and I've seen others even more spectacular. It's an ongoing process. Maybe the perfect wind-harnessing mechanism is still in the future and just hasn't been envisioned yet. Maybe it's under development.
Still, the failure of one windmill has little long-term or widespread impact..... unlike these.
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