When winds don't turn wind mills

Wind and windmills. Kind of like water and boats, cars and the open road, like Sonny and Cher. Except if those winds are too cold. Then it's post divorce.

Windmills in Minnesota aren't turning, like monster statues bidding civilization to come, behold, but don't expect too much. It seems the temperatures are just a wee bit too cold for these fickle energy makers. But if the temperature is right, the winds at a good angle, they just might work. Maybe.



The hydraulic fluid designed for colder temperatures isn't working in colder temperatures, so no turny turny. And plans to heat the fluid has Ed Morrissey at HotAir asking:

How will the heaters work? They’ll have to use either electricity or natural gas at each turbine to keep the mechanism lubricated.

So the windmills were purchased to reduce the usage of electricity and natural gas, but they will require electricity and natural gas to work.

Excellent. We should erect them everywhere...as yard art.