Posted on 09/28/2019 5:28:45 PM PDT by Openurmind
CASPER, Wyo. (Wyoming News Now) One wind farm in Glenrock and two from the Saratoga area have partnered with the Casper Regional Landfill to dispose of their old wind turbine blades.
More than 900 blades will be brought to the landfill beginning now until the end of next spring.
The Casper Solid Waste Manager, Cynthia Langston, said that though most turbine blades can be reused, there are some that are simply un-recyclable.
"Ninety percent of the turbines are completely reclaimed, recycled, and reused, but there is ten percent that is fiberglass, so those are coming to us from three different farms in the state."
Langston said that though the motor houses can be crushed, the blades are too strong.
(Excerpt) Read more at wyomingnewsnow.tv ...
https://www.iceagenow.info/no-msm-on-this-wyoming-landfill-burying-used-windmill-blades/#more-29587
Ever try to destroy a fiber glass boat?
Sure, you can burn them but you end up with a big pile of glass fiber crap. I don’t think it ever goes away. Furthermore, the resins are nothing but petroleum products that burn with a big pall of black smoke.
Oh boy, they really saved the environment didn’t they?
Wonder how many thousands of gallons of diesel fuel will be used by the disassembly crane, tractor trailer for transport, excavators, dump trucks, bulldozers, spreaders and other heavy equipment will be used to bury these blades?
I saw a photo the other day of a wind turbine blade being sprayed with deicing fluid from a helicopter.
Sustainable. Hah
The turbine blades need to be sawn into convenient lengths to shove up the backsides of the politicians who gave the sweetheart deals to make it all possible.
Turn them into wall sections.
Read Lynn Cheneys book. Casper is windy. Pdogs? I dunno.
Bury them in San Franfeces.
Not to mention the tens-of-millions of eagles, hawks, condors and innumerable varieties of other birds who got sliced and diced.
The real kicker is that they took more energy to produce than they generated during their “ useful “ lifespan.
I just got back from a trip to South Dakota and saw dozens of turbine blades being transported on semis (just one each, they’re so huge), and the semi requires an escort vehicle due to the long load.
Now that’s a lot of fossil fuel usage!
More than 900 blades will be brought to the landfill beginning now until the end of next spring.
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I wonder how many birds were killed by those rotating blades?
LOL!!! Now that’s a great idea. I like the way you think. :)
Bury them in San Franfeces.
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Too funny!
I think wind energy can be “part” of a solution. When we were in Ireland we noticed large concentrations of turbines in sparsely populated areas. I researched it after we got home and found out that 23% of Ireland’s energy came from wind.
apparently INDESTRUCTIBLE
GO WALL
Get rid of all the bloody things...on a democrat’s lawn.
“Wonder how many thousands of gallons of diesel fuel will be used by the disassembly crane, tractor trailer for transport, excavators, dump trucks, bulldozers, spreaders and other heavy equipment will be used to bury these blades?”
Absolutely, aside from the production print, no one ever realizes the huge carbon footprint of the support and disposal of these concepts.
I had to stop for a trainload of those blades coming from Vestas in Windsor CO a few days ago.
In fact a company that has a process to recycle wind turbine blades plans to make extra money by recycling fiberglass boats and other crap that’s made in much higher volumes and has been landfilled for years.
Now, now, the humane thing to do is to give them a decent burial. In fact, the whole damn idea is deserving.
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