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Be pretty cool if a wind farm could be tough enough to run normally during a hurricane, though you'd need a lot of storage.

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And immensely strong turbines (aka expensive). We could do it, but there would be no point.

Yes. Exactly. What if they could retract into the ground? Now that would be awesome and a real advancement. Protect that bag of eggs!

what is this obsession with eggs and "green" energy

are you trying to do some sort of propaganda thing implying green energy is fragile?

fwiw - they're not, they're designed to a seriously stronge even in hurrican weather, but never let your personal opinions get in the way of your misinformation or story

I suspect wind turbines are already designed to deal with high winds, especially if you're building them in hurricane-prone areas.

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