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> Battery powered cars are going to be the next disaster, after the fibre glass disposal scandal of wind farms. Serious question: What is the fibre glass dispo

by hannob 5y ago

> Battery powered cars are going to be the next disaster, after the fibre glass disposal scandal of wind farms. Serious question: What is the fibre glass disposal scandal of wind farms? I googled for it and I didn't find it. There's currently no way to recycle these, ok. They usually end up in landfills or incinerators. It's not ideal and we can hope that better technologies will come up in the future. But that's not really what I'd call a scandal.

ehnto 5y ago
Surely it would be as bad that there are countless boat hulls, kayaks, canoes, surf boards, childrens playgrounds, car aero, outdoor furniture ... you get the picture. Windfarms are hardly the source of the most fibreglass and it is at least relatively inert as waste. No green energy is truly green or perfect, but we aren't aiming for perfect we just want better.
hutzlibu 5y ago
You might want to call it a scandal, if you want to find reasons of being opossed to regenerative energies in general. Otherwise it is a mere technical problem calling for a better solution than what is avaiable right now.
mothsonasloth 5y ago
Its not a scandal yet! Because we are approaching a cliff when a lot of 1st and 2nd generation wind turbines are about to be decommissioned or refurbished. Note: this is for Scotland. Its bad enough a single wind turbine blade requiring a convoy escort along small winding roads for installation. Now they have to do the same and dispose them. The cost is going to have to be paid somewhere, most likely by consumers. Or they will be disposed off cheaply in a bad way.
- nagrom 5y ago
  Why wouldn't they cut the blade up in situ for transportation at the end of its working life? Seems better than having huge convoys to take them away for recycling.
- darkhorse22 5y ago
  So this is how much smoke you have to blow up your own ass to justify driving a diesel car in 2021. Noted. Nice Audi bro!

by hannob 5y ago

ehnto 5y ago

Surely it would be as bad that there are countless boat hulls, kayaks, canoes, surf boards, childrens playgrounds, car aero, outdoor furniture ... you get the picture. Windfarms are hardly the source of the most fibreglass and it is at least relatively inert as waste. No green energy is truly green or perfect, but we aren't aiming for perfect we just want better.

hutzlibu 5y ago

You might want to call it a scandal, if you want to find reasons of being opossed to regenerative energies in general. Otherwise it is a mere technical problem calling for a better solution than what is avaiable right now.

mothsonasloth 5y ago

Its not a scandal yet! Because we are approaching a cliff when a lot of 1st and 2nd generation wind turbines are about to be decommissioned or refurbished. Note: this is for Scotland. Its bad enough a single wind turbine blade requiring a convoy escort along small winding roads for installation. Now they have to do the same and dispose them. The cost is going to have to be paid somewhere, most likely by consumers. Or they will be disposed off cheaply in a bad way.

nagrom 5y ago
Why wouldn't they cut the blade up in situ for transportation at the end of its working life? Seems better than having huge convoys to take them away for recycling.
darkhorse22 5y ago
So this is how much smoke you have to blow up your own ass to justify driving a diesel car in 2021. Noted. Nice Audi bro!