its fucking maddening how our ‘get off fossil fuel’ devices are made out of petroleum plastics
Using a light durable material to create blades with a low incident of inertia in order to generate cheap renewable electricity is one of the few instances behind which I can support mass application of plastics.
Using a light durable material to create blades with a low incident of inertia in order to generate cheap renewable electricity is one of the few instances behind which I can support mass application of plastics.
maybe if that oil was coming from a socialized source
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There are new designs that can be recycled:
https://www.fastcompany.com/90674645/this-giant-wind-turbine-blade-can-be-recycled
And old blades can be reused to make pedestrian bridges, etc:
https://www.fastcompany.com/90727497/in-ireland-old-wind-turbine-blades-are-being-used-to-build-bridges
But neither is happening at a large scale
Whats the viability of bio plastics in this regard? Like im not talking economic feasibility but like from an engineering standpoint
If I had to take a wild guess, I'd say they're brittler or heavier or both.