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Will Wind Turbines Be Generating More Waste Than Electricity?
Heartland Daily News ^ | July 18, 2023 | Ronald Stein, P.E.

Posted on 07/22/2023 6:57:12 AM PDT by george76

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To: george76
the blades are manufactured using a composite mix of glass, carbon fiber, and plastic

🧐 but that’s oil!

21 posted on 07/22/2023 7:48:06 AM PDT by Lockbox (politicians, they all seemed like game show hosts to me.... Sting)
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To: vetvetdoug

Yes, ditto the solar cells. They are even worse!


22 posted on 07/22/2023 7:48:52 AM PDT by AZJeep
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To: G Larry

What about the off shore turbines? They won’t be hauled back to land. Right to Davy Jones Locker where the can leak oil into the ocean.


23 posted on 07/22/2023 8:33:22 AM PDT by two-edged-sword (Send in the Clowns used to be a song.)
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To: george76

One solution to the problem of old blades is to make every liberal scumbag store them in their yards.


24 posted on 07/22/2023 8:39:22 AM PDT by Newtoidaho (All I ask of living is to have no chains on me.)
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To: george76
Now tell us about how fiberglass boats, RVs, and other things that are made of fiberglass in much higher quantities and which are discarded much sooner are all being recycled...

" If the vessel is fiberglass, it's hauled, towed, scrapped of valuable parts, and — with no other options — dumped in a landfill. The cross-linked polyester and fiberglass composites of the fiberglass hull, ideal for strength and durability for a lifetime on the water, are not biodegradable and will sit in the landfill for centuries."


25 posted on 07/22/2023 8:52:40 AM PDT by bigbob (Q)
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To: george76

they dont care

the goal is to make electricity scarce

under the climate emergency

who is allowed to survive

will depend on your social credit score


26 posted on 07/22/2023 8:53:34 AM PDT by joshua c (to disrupt the system, we must disrupt our lives, cut the cable tv)
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To: Leaning Right

If you check out Ted and Tedx talks, you’ll see a plethora of “ex anti nuclear activists” coming out in favor of it. For starters, it is statistically the most safe form of electric generation per KwH.


27 posted on 07/22/2023 9:23:07 AM PDT by cuban leaf (My prediction: Harris is Spiro Agnew. We'll soon see who becomes Gerald Ford, and our next prez.)
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To: EEGator

Completely agree. I no longer argue global warming with people, though I will occasionally throw out a link and tell folks to educate themselves, and take seriously what us hippies used to say - question authority.


28 posted on 07/22/2023 9:24:41 AM PDT by cuban leaf (My prediction: Harris is Spiro Agnew. We'll soon see who becomes Gerald Ford, and our next prez.)
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To: cuban leaf

Remember when people used to stamp that on dollars?


29 posted on 07/22/2023 9:40:20 AM PDT by EEGator
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To: cuban leaf

> take seriously what us hippies used to say - question authority <

“Question authority”, I had forgotten about that old saying. It’s a great phrase to use when talking with folks who mindlessly support the fascist left.

It just might get them thinking for themselves again.


30 posted on 07/22/2023 9:43:42 AM PDT by Leaning Right (The steal is real.)
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To: george76

“In addition, Sweden’s new government has abolished state subsidies for electric cars and plug-in hybrids.”


Sweden’s auto market saw plugin electric vehicle share continue to grow strongly in December, reaching a record 74.6%, up from 60.7% year on year. Full electrics alone took a record 51.3% share of the market.

https://cleantechnica.com/2023/01/03/plugin-evs-take-record-75-share-of-swedens-auto-market/


31 posted on 07/22/2023 10:13:34 AM PDT by TexasGator
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To: wjcsux

Thank you.


32 posted on 07/22/2023 10:54:25 AM PDT by george76 (Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
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To: george76
How dare you say that greta-main
33 posted on 07/22/2023 11:49:02 AM PDT by cuz1961 (USCGR Veteran )
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To: george76

Is this a rhetorical question?


34 posted on 07/22/2023 11:52:56 AM PDT by Tommy Revolts
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To: Tommy Revolts

Geologist, Professor Ian Plimer, utterly demolishes the human-induced “climate emergency” fairy tale in three and a half minutes...

( video at link )

https://patriots.win/p/16bihrmd2e/geologist-professor-ian-plimer-u/c/


35 posted on 07/22/2023 1:33:01 PM PDT by cuz1961 (USCGR Veteran )
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To: Worldtraveler once upon a time
-— “Buried.” Yup, hidden from sight.

The thing that sticks in my mind from driving across the Texas panhandle years ago was the line of old Cadillacs buried in a nice row, end up, each parallel with the others and tilted a bit off vertical.

Maybe do the same with old turbine blades. Public art to depict a dead technology.

36 posted on 07/22/2023 2:25:05 PM PDT by NewHampshireDuo ( )
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To: joshua c

Hugo Chavez did that same thing in Venezuela.
The poor that voted for him got lots of cheap and reliable power. The wealthy that didn’t vote for him got unreliable and expensive power.

Obama/Biden are following the playbook from Venezuela.


37 posted on 07/22/2023 2:33:21 PM PDT by Texas resident (We are living through Barak's fundamental transformation)
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To: Sacajaweau

Windmills were for powering water well pumps.
Electric cars were a stepping stone to get to the ICE vehicle.
They were displaced over a 100 years ago.
Add to that, the dims act like we are living in the 1920’s as far as race relations.


38 posted on 07/22/2023 2:35:07 PM PDT by Texas resident (We are living through Barak's fundamental transformation)
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To: NewHampshireDuo
"Tourists are always welcome at Cadillac Ranch. If you bring spray paint, make sure to snap some photos. Because whatever you create at Cadillac Ranch will probably only last a few hours before it's created over by someone else." :)

Source: https://www.roadsideamerica.com/story/2220

39 posted on 07/22/2023 2:42:01 PM PDT by Worldtraveler once upon a time (Degrow government)
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To: Worldtraveler once upon a time

Love it


40 posted on 07/22/2023 2:50:11 PM PDT by NewHampshireDuo ( )
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