For some reason, people post a great deal of pure bullshit on social media on the subject of renewable energy.

Some of it requires some level of knowledge of the subject to figure out, but not the one at left, where the turbines are oriented at right angles to the flow of the river!

Run-of-River Hydro — Just When You Thought You’d Seen it All

Obviously, this is pure crap.

1) Vertical axis wind turbines (VAWTs) are less efficient than their horizontal counterparts.

More importantly:

2) Wind turbines are not cited in areas with buildings that block wind currents.

3) Cities are not built in areas with huge wind currents because people generally find strong winds to be obnoxious.

More Crap re: Renewable Energy Breakthroughs

The owners of these organizations are among the wealthiest people on Earth (Walton family: $432 billion, Bezos: $231 billion).

If that weren’t the case, the situation described at left might not be so disgusting.

You and I Are Preventing Walmart Employees from Eating Out of Dumpsters, Living on the Streets