• fatalError@lemmy.sdf.org
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    7 months ago

    Windmills are a whole lot better than burning coal, but aren’t perfect. Recyling the blades after their 20 year lifespan is a nightmare.

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      7 months ago

      nothing is perfect. we need imperfect things that don’t emit co2. windmills have many detractors but at the moment represent mostly co2-free power if we’re willing to take it. and recycling industries for solar and wind are coming, they’ll never be perfect either, but when the waste stream becomes lucrative enough they’ll find a way.

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        7 months ago

        but when the waste stream becomes lucrative enough they’ll find a way.

        The problem with capitalism in a nutshell.

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          7 months ago

          Because mercantilist wind turbine blades recycle themselves? Or did you mean to imply that communist wind turbines recycle themselves?

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            7 months ago

            I mean to say that when financial incentive is the only incentive then a lot of things that would make this a better world end up on the scrap heap.

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      7 months ago

      I doubt it’s any worse than the other mountains of waste we produce. I’d wager it’d barely even register.