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Coal mines could store old turbine blades [ Wyoming ]
Wyoming News Exchange ^ | August 15, 2020 | Camille Erickson

Posted on 08/16/2020 11:05:46 AM PDT by george76

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To: Governor Dinwiddie
"child laborers digging rare earth elements in Africa"


21 posted on 08/16/2020 11:57:20 AM PDT by TexasGator (Z1z)
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To: I want the USA back
I've always hated that term, fossil fuels.

The idea that coal, oil, and natural gas exists from the remains of dinosaurs is pure fiction. Coal, natural gas, and oil are all natural resources that are being continuously produced by the Earth.

22 posted on 08/16/2020 11:59:09 AM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist (Trust the plan of the 17th letter of the English alphabet!)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

They were formed in the Flood.

Massive burial of massive forests.

Search on geologist Steve Austin.


23 posted on 08/16/2020 12:19:14 PM PDT by fishtank (The denial of original sin is the root of liberalism.)
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To: Blue Highway

no, that might improve the lifespan and durability of the roads....


24 posted on 08/16/2020 12:51:09 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not Averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: george76
Gotta love green energy wind turbines, they change the climate around them, they chop chop Raptors and other avians, they chop chop pollinators(bats) and when they have expired shelf lives or dramatic failures they have to figure out what to do with the humungus remains.

https://www.chooseenergy.com/news/article/wind-turbine-blades-cause-issue-with-waste/#:~:text=Turbine%20blades%20are%20difficult%20to%20recycle&text=The%20majority%20of%20wind%20turbines,composite%20glass%20or%20carbon%20material.

https://energynews.us/2020/02/20/midwest/wind-turbine-blade-recycler-trying-to-fit-the-pieces-together-at-iowa-factory/

25 posted on 08/16/2020 1:00:42 PM PDT by Mastador1 (I'll take a bad dog over a good politician any day!)
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To: BenLurkin

Great idea!


26 posted on 08/16/2020 1:15:41 PM PDT by FreeperCell
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To: Obadiah

“...store old turbine blades kind of a euphemism for dumping, isn’t it? “

Absolutely. Why not dispose of many other things in abandoned coal mines?

I think the turbines were made as cheaply as possible for obvious reasons. Lifespan and recyclability were sacrificed.


27 posted on 08/16/2020 1:17:08 PM PDT by cymbeline
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I think the turbines were made as cheaply as possible for obvious reasons. Lifespan and recyclability were sacrificed.

You could not be more correct. The blades were made in Ching Chong China. So early failure was written into the spec!!! So was the Three Gorges Dam - made in China - and it will also fail in due course.

28 posted on 08/16/2020 3:58:41 PM PDT by Bedford Forrest (Roger, Contact, Judy, Out. Fox One. Splash one.)
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To: BenLurkin
Sink them upright line into a foundation and use them for the border wall.

I was thinking the same. But even better, have the blades spinning along the border wall. Uneven worn-out and chipped edges of blades would still be effective as they spin against invaders. Let the body parts pile up and stay as a warning.

29 posted on 08/16/2020 4:58:47 PM PDT by roadcat
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To: george76

They should be forced upon Greenpeace and the Sierra Club, it was thier plan, let them deal with the waste.


30 posted on 08/17/2020 12:49:16 PM PDT by eyeamok
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