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Source: http://weirdenergynewsthatisnotreal.com
Latest Breakthrough Makes Wind Fracking Possible
by Wendy Zephyrus
A newly developed technology promises to replace wind turbine power generation with wind-powered fracking in many areas in the US, according to Breezy Posterius, PhD, founder of TurboFracking Industries, Inc. Based on the increasing objections to wind turbine farms from nearby residents, birders and hypochondriacs, Posterius has investigated alternative uses of the fast-growing orchard of large wind turbines, some as large as jumbo jet planes. Instead of generating electrical power, he believes they can be converted to an alternative fracking method for natural gas and oil production, allowing clean-burning natural gas to be burned in electrical generation facilities and lowering gasoline prices up to .001 cents per gallon across the board.
TurboFracking Industries utilizes vibratory technology, once limited to small installations on lawns and in gardens to rid those areas from moles, voles, shrews, and other burrowing creatures.
Expanded to full-sized turbines, once used to generate electricity, the same principle will create good vibrations to fracture deep rock structures, releasing the oil and natural gas for expoitation. As a side benefit, worms driven to the surface by the vibratory emanations will be collected and sold to anglers, Breezy Posterius proposes. "It's a win-win solution and a new paradigm that comes from thinking outside the box," he stated.
Currently seeking investors for an upcoming large-scale demonstration project somewhere in Southern California, Posterius predicts high-velocity growth and expansion in coming years, as the technology shows its capabilities. When asked about vibrations disturbing nearby residents, Dr. Posterius said, "There is always some issue with some people. They'll just have to put up with it to get the benefits of the fracking oil and gas. They can move, can't they?"
DCKit
(18,541 posts)Jeebus.
MineralMan
(146,317 posts)nearby to repopulate the area. I'm thinking multi-thousand acre worm farms. Worms are also good to eat, when sauteed lightly, and that could provide a double benefit.
DCKit
(18,541 posts)And what are they going to feed these worms? Probably have more toxins in them then humans.
MineralMan
(146,317 posts)Worm feeding will require, you know, science research and stuff.
Brickbat
(19,339 posts)trees because of the painful vibrations. There are reports of worms hopping along the ground instead of slithering, in an effort to avoid the special zinc-tuned vibrations in the ground that only worms can feel.
MineralMan
(146,317 posts)strange. I went to the supermarket this morning and there were dead earthworms all over the parking lot. What could be the cause? Stray zinc emanations? What is going on in the back room of that store? Inquiries should be made. I'll contact the local University and see about starting a research project on mysterious dead worms. I could maybe get a grant.
CrispyQ
(36,470 posts)What an asshole.
HappyMe
(20,277 posts)that is like the Onion - look at the name of the link.
I thought it was pretty damn funny.
MineralMan
(146,317 posts)Click the link. It's a totally news oriented unsite.
Cirque du So-What
(25,939 posts)it's awfully difficult to remain serious when referring to 'Dr. Posterius.'
MineralMan
(146,317 posts)Hmph!
Cirque du So-What
(25,939 posts)that his lectures can be quite long-winded.
HappyMe
(20,277 posts)Always good to have a doctor's opinion.
MineralMan
(146,317 posts)his career bottomed out.
MineralMan
(146,317 posts)NutmegYankee
(16,199 posts)MineralMan
(146,317 posts)mindwalker_i
(4,407 posts)The guy'd name is "Breezy Posterious"?
MineralMan
(146,317 posts)with experience and education in many disciplines. He can't help what his parents named him, after all...
Jackpine Radical
(45,274 posts)I totally missed that.
Brickbat
(19,339 posts)blades break off those prototypes? They've flown up to 23 inches away. It's like the journalist didn't do any reporting at all; just repeated a bunch of stuff said at a press conference, or wrote something off a press release.
MineralMan
(146,317 posts)Dr. Posterius has a PhD, after all. He must be pretty smart.
NutmegYankee
(16,199 posts)23 inches, hell, they can fly a MILE away!
DCBob
(24,689 posts)heheh.
kentauros
(29,414 posts)Maybe something like this?
MineralMan
(146,317 posts)I don't know.
Rex
(65,616 posts)and fly at least 3 feet in any direction!
MineralMan
(146,317 posts)Be afraid. Be very afraid.
HappyMe
(20,277 posts)WHY HAVEN'T WE BANNED THOSE THINGS YET!?! SEE HOW WORRIED I AM WITH ALL CAPS!
HappyMe
(20,277 posts)THIS. MUST. BE. STOPPED.
MineralMan
(146,317 posts)Let's take this battle to the top and get the Administration behind it. That will work, for sure.
Rex
(65,616 posts)CONGRESS WILL STOP THEM, THEY ARE GOOD AT STOPPING ALL PROGRESS!
MineralMan
(146,317 posts)HappyMe
(20,277 posts)We're doomed.
Rex
(65,616 posts)And thought not quite a mile...3000 feet is still pretty dam far! Just tell me who to throw my money at to stop these fracking things from being built!
MineralMan
(146,317 posts)Attract advertisers and stuff. Could be big.
Jackpine Radical
(45,274 posts)They're doing everything they can to fight this terribl threat, but could use a few bucks more for the Cause.
I think I have now milked this thread for all it's worth. Things could get seriously out of hand here.
MineralMan
(146,317 posts)Uff da! And bringing maids a'milking into it, too. Well, I never!
patrice
(47,992 posts)Junkdrawer
(27,993 posts)You'll confuse people....
AndyA
(16,993 posts)This has to be a joke!
MineralMan
(146,317 posts)How can you make a joke of this fine, educated, multi-disciplinary individual's name?
tavalon
(27,985 posts)It was surreal until I read where it came from and I laughed.
MineralMan
(146,317 posts)Unreality, on the other hand, is something altogether different.
MindPilot
(12,693 posts)Well played, sir.
MineralMan
(146,317 posts)Sensibility is in the Sensor.
Kali
(55,011 posts)but I would bet money it may give the dumbasses another fake thing to be afraid of...teh VIBRASHUNS!!! they cause EARTHQUAKES!!!!11!! OMG!!!