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To: ProtectOurFreedom

It can join the Oriskany, which has met a similar fate.

I was joking with my wife, the other day, that if wind power blades would sink, there would be ample place for storage as “artificial reefs”.


9 posted on 03/02/2025 11:12:59 AM PST by Empire_of_Liberty
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To: Empire_of_Liberty

Each blade weighs 30 tons and is made from composite materials, primarily fiberglass (glass fiber reinforced polymer) and carbon fiber, layered with resins like epoxy or polyester.

Imagine that stuff decomposing in the ocean, releasing tens of millions of tons of glass and carbon fibers!


10 posted on 03/02/2025 11:18:35 AM PST by ProtectOurFreedom (Democrats who say ‘no one is above the law’ won’t mind going to prison for the money they stole)
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To: Empire_of_Liberty

>> I was joking with my wife, the other day, that if wind power blades would sink, there would be ample place for storage as “artificial reefs”.

Since you have an interest in repurposing wind turbine blades for more appropriate applications, you might enjoy this animation...

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1qDoL8ro0fUF3O2Se2eeNBeY8bKHX2nx6/view


15 posted on 03/02/2025 11:37:20 AM PST by Nervous Tick (Hope, as a righteous product of properly aligned Faith, IS in fact a strategy.)
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