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minus-squareinfuziSporg [e/em/eir]hexbear18·1 year agoWindmill structure is fine, but the blades are basically just that much trash after 25 years, PVC and fiberglass and epoxy. Switching to laminated wood would make it truly renewable. https://www.lowtechmagazine.com/2019/06/wooden-wind-turbines.html link
minus-squareTraschcanOfIdeology [they/them, comrade/them]hexbear21·edit-21 year ago Switching to laminated wood would make it truly renewable. 5-over-1s, but they're windmills link
minus-squareAssian_Candor [comrade/them]cakehexbear9·1 year agoThere are companies now that chip them up and use them for filler in concrete link
minus-squareinfuziSporg [e/em/eir]hexbear2·1 year agoThen what happens once the concrete deteriorates? link
minus-squarehexaflexagonbear [he/him]hexbear7·1 year agoWouldn't wooden blades be much less efficient at energy generation? link
minus-squareinfuziSporg [e/em/eir]hexbear2·1 year agoNot that much, plus there's a lot less embodied energy in it and it can be easily converted into permanently sequestered carbon. link
Windmill structure is fine, but the blades are basically just that much trash after 25 years, PVC and fiberglass and epoxy. Switching to laminated wood would make it truly renewable.
https://www.lowtechmagazine.com/2019/06/wooden-wind-turbines.html
5-over-1s, but they're windmills
I read this in Justin’s voice. :wtyp-gang:
:yes-comm:
There are companies now that chip them up and use them for filler in concrete
Then what happens once the concrete deteriorates?
Wouldn't wooden blades be much less efficient at energy generation?
Not that much, plus there's a lot less embodied energy in it and it can be easily converted into permanently sequestered carbon.