Hard no. Just a random pic grab, but decided to go back and read up on it.
The rest of it they just sort of blew in on meth & coke
Well, that is a bit of a stretch. If you want to try to make an argument that old wind turbine blades are worse than coal, I will stand off to the side and wish you luck. Nat gas? maybe you have a better foundation to stand on.
I think politics of it all aside there are some tough questions, for instance what do you do with Scherer?
I'm not going to argue it. My point is that we need to look at these alternative "solutions" all the way from beginning to end before we start mass producing and burying them in mass graves. Or we're just doing the same old thing in new and exciting ways. They should've thought about how to recycle them before thousands reached the end of their lifespan. I just find it shameful and hypocritical. Could you bury these in your backyard? No. But somehow it's just sort of ok. Crazy stuff to me, and not the answer we need
Do you not see the plastic flying around everywhere? Thinking about consequences is not what we do. When we do we get paralyzed by the information. Remember Paper vs plastic. Cut down trees or make a cheap bag that doesn’t dissolve for a 1000 yrs. decision seemed simple then. This one is even more complicated.
Yeah. Nuclear is a problem because it has a high cost, but low footprint. To make it safe, you have to build in redundant safety measures. And you have to put it far away from people because of NIMBY making linking to the grid more expensive.I just figure eventually SpaceX or somebody will take the waste and fly it into outer space or something.I think politics of it all aside there are some tough questions, for instance what do you do with Scherer?
Solar and wind are just ridiculous ideas, those plants are just too big.
Do you replace them with NG and sink the capital for 40 years?
Do you just leave it and keep WY coal hanging on a bit longer, just wait for technology to come up with something?
Nuclear? We haven’t built one in decades... well unless you count aircraft carriers and subs. Scherer is the size of 3 or 4 Ford class carriers.
Believe it or not the deer know that, I have noticed the Roe Deer have taken to feeding under them and sheltering in the rain I kid you not!
This is a damn good idea and one that Wyoming is already working on. It is something that I would very much like to utilize once finalized. These recycled blades pass within a 1/4 mile of a completed pit on I80 that we are in the process of reclaiming.If we only had a place to put them.
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In all seriousness, recycling options are becoming a reality. I heard about the pallets in 2020, but I think there might be opportunities in cement as well. As always, check my work.
A problem that needs to be solved for sure. O&G have floating platforms and have been dealing with storms for decades, so it is probably solvable. Most offshore turbines are used in places without hurricanes, like the North Sea. I think the NW, Seattle, Portland, are looked at as prime locations.
I’m not an expert, but I think
I think it works to some extent for NYC, Boston, etc but it’s doesn’t work everywhere.
4. Oil rigs are designed to allow wind to pass through them. Wind turbines are designed to do just the opposite.
Well, someone should tell the Europeans because they have built and continue to build quite a few of them.
I had a hard time imaging of have a computer in my pocket not that long ago too. That's not meant to be a knock, just that technology is constantly changing and improving and things that "could never happen" do, quite regularly
