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That's not the only "clean" energy that's hard to keep for long with low costs: Wind Turbine Blades Can’t Be Recycled, So They’re Piling Up in Landfills https
by akerro 6y ago
That's not the only "clean" energy that's hard to keep for long with low costs:
Wind Turbine Blades Can’t Be Recycled, So They’re Piling Up in Landfills
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2020-02-05/wind-turbine-blades-can-t-be-recycled-so-they-re-piling-up-in-landfills https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2020-02-05/wind-turb...
- anticensor 6y ago> A wind turbine’s blades can be longer than a Boeing 747 wing, so at the end of their lifespan they can’t just be hauled away. This is wrong, the trucks that bring those blades could well re-take them to recycling plant. It would be a special transport, but a well pre-planned one.
- goda90 6y agoAn article on alternative blade materials: https://www.lowtechmagazine.com/2019/06/wooden-wind-turbines.html https://www.lowtechmagazine.com/2019/06/wooden-wind-turbines...
- Nasrudith 6y agoSo non-toxic waste is somehow a catastrophe compared to all of the other nonrecycalbe garbage already being produced? That is a blatantly stricter standard than literally anything else is held to.
- pfdietz 6y agoI"m pretty sure one could cut those expired turbine blades into short pieces if they were too large.