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  • zifnab25 [he/him, any]
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    1 year ago

    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.

    • LegaliiizeIt
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      1 year ago

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      • Bobson_Dugnutt [he/him]
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        1 year ago

        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

    • Poison_Ivy [comrade/them]
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      1 year ago

      Whats the viability of bio plastics in this regard? Like im not talking economic feasibility but like from an engineering standpoint

      • zifnab25 [he/him, any]
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        1 year ago

        If I had to take a wild guess, I'd say they're brittler or heavier or both.