Where have you heard of this? I am in a related field and have not seen this.
I am in the largest utility in America and wind turbine blades cannot be recycled, so they are buried in landfills or we call them blade graveyards, nearby communities of these graveyards have seen a small increase in toxic levels of groundwater
Have the chemicals found in the blades been found in the groundwater or is it potentially from something else?
Really on this one I am quite curious.
Call a spade a spade - there is some truth to this. But given that it is the renewables industry, there are already initiatives from OEMs under way to combat this: GE Renewable Energy Announces US Blade Recycling Contract with Veolia | GE News
Plus, what exactly is the takeaway from acknowledging that turbine blades need recycled and not just buried? That wind energy is worse (edit: for the environment) than conventional generation and should be abandoned? If not, then I don’t know why this isn’t just a challenge to be acknowledged and tackled like anything else.
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That’s a good question but it’s a huge coincidence and the company is looking for other ways to dispose of the blades…liability lawsuits in the future if they dont
It’s a huge coincidence the company is looking for ways to sell the used blades to for-profit recyclers instead of paying to dump them in a landfill?
Hmm, I don’t really by into coincidence and the fiberglass blades I doubt are the cause of the chemical leach based on what I know.
Interesting though.
I’d like to encourage you guys to explain your perspectives on this wind blade graveyard further. You all seem to have industry, subject or related field expertise and/or experience. I’m not saying that sarcastically.
I just learned about watching Tik Toks on my Instagram with the reels button. During this unsustainable barrage of noise and images, I recall seeing something about these graveyards for a fraction of a second.
I’m naturally quite concerned now.
Please, discuss further.
“50. 2011: Washington Post Predicted Cherry Blossoms Blooming in Winter”
Pretty good show with Crowder regarding climate crisis predictions.
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And what exactly are Dr. Crowder’s credentials?
As a comedian he is authorized to make fun of half of decade of failed predictions
As someone with a superior education, I’m authorized to not take him seriously. As someone with a sense of humor, I’m authorized to call him a hack.
Good for you I guess
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I’m trying to stay out of PWI but I guess I’ll join in on climate change.
I think both sides of the aisle like to cherry-pick stats to prove their point on this one. There are inconsistent models, some showing global warming, others showing none - the problem is simply that claiming ‘global warming’ flies in the face of chaos theory/the butterfly effect. Trying to accurately calculate and model climate change over the whole planet+atmosphere is damn near impossible, although it is becoming more possible by the day. I’m happy to debate this if anyone disagrees.
I think the statistics that this writer(?) posted DO point out a lot of inconsistencies and fallacies about the anxiety over climate change, but I also think they ignore some crucial parts too.
Unfortunately statistics are too heavily relied on as “factual” and they usually imply correlation = causation. This has been abused by both sides of the aisle as well.
And I should care what a physician thinks about the climate?
Seems like this guy needs to #trustallscience.
He states in his bio that he isn’t a Dr, but it is misleading as hell to have MD as his “initials” at the end of his handle tho.
Dunno if that makes his points any more or less valid in either case
MD are his initials it is in his Twitter bio.
Also, he is pretty well regarded. He is an environmentalist.